Consumer goods and services high performance capability assessment

ABSTRACT

A high performance capability assessment model helps a consumer goods and services business meet the challenges of the global marketplace. As a result, the consumer goods and services business can achieve the clarity, consistency, and well-defined execution of core processes that reduce inefficiencies and waste that result from unnecessary process complexity and exceptions. In addition, the high performance capability assessment model helps the consumer goods and services business to identify specific areas in which improvements may be made and understand how to make the improvements, and establishes levels of capability along the way to reaching an ultimate capability goal.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Technical Field

This disclosure concerns a system and method to identify the performance of an organization on a scale of mastery across representative capabilities of the organization's industry. In particular, this disclosure relates to an efficient and cost effective way to assess the performance level of key capability areas within the processes of a consumer goods and services organization.

2. Background Information

Modern consumer goods and services organizations operate in an increasingly challenging environment. To survive, consumer goods and services organizations must adapt to this environment and execute in a clear, consistent, and efficient manner. Furthermore, the competitive nature, low profit margins, and foreign competitive challenges of consumer goods and services businesses greatly increase the complexity and difficulty of surviving on a day-to-day basis.

Despite the need for a consumer goods and services organization to meet the challenges of the global marketplace, it is still often the case that the business lacks clarity, consistency, and well-defined execution of its core processes. These shortcomings severely constrain the business, and lead directly to inefficiencies and waste due to unnecessary complexity, process exceptions, and customer dissatisfaction. At the same time, it can be very difficult to identify specific processes to which improvements may be made, either because the business itself does not have the expertise to identify the processes or because the complexities of the business frustrate attempts to clearly delineate the processes to be improved.

Even if the consumer goods and services business, on its own, could identify one of the many processes that it needs to improve, the business would not necessarily know how to improve the process or be able to identify a concrete and measurable improvement goal. Another difficulty exists in determining whether there are any intermediate goals that should be reached along the way. As consumer goods and services businesses struggle to meet the demands of the modern economic landscape, they fail to identify opportunities for maximizing sales and margin improvement, category expansion, multi-channel execution, customer satisfaction improvement, and to reach other important goals.

Therefore, a need exists for an efficient and effective system and method to assess the performance level of key assessment areas within the processes of an organization.

SUMMARY

A high performance capability assessment (HPCA) model helps consumer goods and services businesses meet the challenges of the global marketplace by defining a scale of performance mastery along which the current practices of the business may be located. The HPCA model accelerates the discovery of process and performance gaps within business operations. In addition, the HPCA model also helps the business to identify specific areas in which improvements may be made, how to make the improvements, and how to establish performance measures during the course of attempting to achieve an ultimate goal. As a result, the business can achieve the clarity, consistency, and well-defined execution of core processes that maximize the operating budget for optimum outcomes.

The HPCA model includes a key factor dimension and a performance mastery scale dimension. The performance mastery scale dimension defines multiple mastery levels. The performance mastery levels form a scale of increasing organizational performance. The scale includes a ‘Basic’ mastery level, a ‘Competitive’ mastery level, and a ‘Market Leading’ mastery level. Each performance mastery level includes criteria specific to a corresponding key assessment area. Each key assessment area identifies some aspect of a capability of a business.

A business capability can be defined as a bundle of closely integrated skills, knowledge, technologies, and cumulative learning that is exercised through a set of processes and that collectively represents an organization's ability to create value by producing outcomes and results. Capability area does not represent a delineation of organizational responsibilities as the business outcomes of a capability may be the result of a number of cross-functional teams. Capabilities of a business may be grouped into platforms. For example, the HPCA model groups the capabilities of the consumer goods and services industry into six high-level platforms, including a strategy and governance platform, a demand generation platform, a demand synchronization platform, a demand fulfillment platform, an enterprise operations platform, and an insight and decision making platform. Examples of capabilities within the strategy and governance platform, for example, include corporate mission (and values and governance), corporate objectives, corporate strategy, portfolio planning, integrated strategic planning, sales and operations planning, operating model and organization planning, and merger and acquisition planning. Platforms may include sub-platforms, as well as capabilities.

The key factor dimension establishes a set of key assessment areas in which to analyze the capabilities of a business. Key assessment areas include performance capability criteria. Performance capability criteria populate the performance capability assessment model. The performance capability criteria may be specific to any one of many different business capabilities. For example, the demand synchronization platform includes performance capability criteria for integrated demand and supply planning, product lifecycle management, portfolio optimization, and route to market key assessment areas at each of the capability levels along the performance capability scale dimension. Any number of performance capability assessment models and performance capability criteria may be defined and stored in a capability detail pool for subsequent retrieval and application to a business under examination. Accordingly, the HPCA model provides a flexible and adaptive scale of performance capability against which business practices may be compared to ascertain where the capabilities of a business under examination fall along the scale.

Other systems, methods, features, and advantages will be, or will become, apparent to one with skill in the art upon examination of the following figures and detailed description. All such additional systems, methods, features, and advantages are included within this description, are within the scope of the invention, and are protected by the following claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The consumer goods and services industry high performance capability assessment model and system may be better understood with reference to the following drawings and description. The elements in the figures are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating the principles of the capability assessment techniques. In the figures, like-referenced numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the different views.

FIG. 1 shows a high performance capability assessment model with a performance scale of mastery and performance criteria shown for different capabilities.

FIG. 2 shows a high performance capability assessment model with strategy and governance capabilities shown.

FIG. 3 shows a high performance capability assessment model with demand generation capabilities shown.

FIG. 4 shows a high performance capability assessment model with demand synchronization capabilities shown.

FIG. 5 shows a high performance capability assessment model with demand fulfillment capabilities shown.

FIG. 6 shows a high performance capability assessment model with enterprise operations capabilities shown.

FIG. 7 shows a high performance capability assessment model with insight and decision making capabilities shown.

FIG. 8 shows a capability detail pool providing a multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set where multiple key assessment performance reference tables are collected and stored.

FIG. 9 shows a capability assessment system.

FIG. 10 shows a flow diagram for establishing high-performance capability assessment models.

FIG. 11 shows a flow diagram for retrieving and applying high performance capability assessment models.

FIG. 12 shows a flow diagram for analyzing representative practice data to determine a consumer goods and services industry and a consumer goods and services key assessment area to which the representative practice data applies.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

FIG. 1 shows a high performance capability assessment (HPCA) model 100. The HPCA model 100 specifies six high-level platforms, including a strategy and governance platform 102, a demand generation platform 104, a demand synchronization platform 106, a demand fulfillment platform 108, an enterprise operations platform 110, and an insight and decision making platform 112. The HPCA model 100 is not limited to the form shown in FIG. 1. Instead, the HPCA model 100 may be adapted and modified to fill a wide variety of analysis roles. Additional, different, or fewer platforms may be used in other implementations, with each platform defining additional, different, or fewer capabilities. Each platform includes one or more multiple <platform name> capabilities 130.

The HPCA model 100 establishes a multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set that includes multiple key assessment performance levels 138, further described below in reference Tables 1-3. The performance levels 138 establish a scale of increasing effectiveness in delivery of each capability. The key assessment performance reference tables include a ‘Basic’ 140 delivery level, a ‘Competitive’ 142 delivery level and a ‘Market Leading’ 144 delivery level. The performance levels establish a scale of mastery 146 along which current business practices may be located and identified with respect to any platform and capability within a platform according to an analysis of performance capability criteria (PCC). The capability under evaluation may be assigned the performance level 138 based on a delivery effectiveness position 158 along the scale of mastery 146.

The ‘Basic’ delivery level 140 specifies ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria, the ‘Competitive’ delivery level 142 specifies ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria, and the ‘Market Leading’ delivery level 144 specifies ‘Market Leading’ performance assessment criteria. The HPCA model 100 receives input data that specifies a consumer goods and services business platform (e.g., a consumer goods and services industry area) and a consumer goods and services industry key assessment area for analysis. The HPCA model 100 searches the multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set for a matching key assessment performance reference table that matches the consumer goods and services industry platform and corresponding industry capability within the platform and the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area, and retrieves the matching key assessment performance reference table. The HPCA model 100 initiates analysis of the matching key assessment performance reference table to obtain a resultant performance assessment level for the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area.

Tables 1-3 below provide an explanation of each of the capability levels 140, 142, and 144.

TABLE 1 ‘Basic’ Delivery Level Description: Capability mastery at a basic level is indicative of a high level, unclear, undisciplined, or unsophisticated ability to execute the capability in a consistent, traceable, and re- peatable manner. For non-core, low priority, new, or early adoption of certain process capabilities, a basic level may be acceptable to the organization or the organization may not have the resources to expand beyond the basic capability level. A basic level of mastery often indicates that an or- ganization is lagging behind its competitors in its ability to execute the capability.

TABLE 2 ‘Competitive’ Delivery Level Description: Capability mastery at a competitive level is indicative of a conservative ability to execute the capability in a fairly con- sistent, traceable, and repeatable manner with proven tech- niques, tools and commonly accepted practices that are readily available and maintained. This capability mastery is either a strategic decision by the organization to be a fol- lower or “good enough”operator in many respects or is an interim step that organizations aspire to move beyond and achieve a market leading mastery of the given capability. A competitive level of mastery often indicates that an or- ganization is performing consistently with its competitors in its ability to execute a capability.

TABLE 3 ‘Market Leading’ Delivery Level Description: Capability mastery at a market leading level is indicative of a highly detailed, clear, and often iterative and sophis- ticated ability to execute the capability. The market lead- ing practice is the recognized and referenced benchmark of continuous improvement and high performance for a given process capability. The leading process capability has been optimized for efficiency and effectiveness, is well understood, traceable, and consistently executed to the point of being competitively differentiated or at the top level of peer-to-peer comparison.

For FIGS. 2-7, the capability under evaluation may be assigned a level of mastery 138 based on the business' position along the scale of mastery 146 (e.g., the ‘basic,’ ‘competitive,’ or ‘market leading’ delivery level). Performance criteria corresponding to the basic 140, competitive 142 and market leading 144 performance levels populate the HPCA model 100. The performance criteria capture characteristics, and/or other features of the delivery of a capability at a particular performance level. Examples below illustrate performance criteria that provide analysis and benchmarking for consumer goods and services organizations. The HPCA model 100 performance criteria provide a tool for determining where a platform and capability under examination falls along the scale of mastery 146.

For example, business consultants and business process engineers may interview a business or receive data about the business to determine, measure, or otherwise ascertain the characteristics, criteria, and other features of a particular capability implemented within the business. The consultants and engineers may compare the characteristics of the business to the performance criteria in the HPCA model 100 and arrive at an assessment level 138 for the capability under examination. In doing so, for example, the consultants and engineers may identify where the capability under examination falls in terms of the performance level for each key assessment area of a capability and determine an overall position on the scale of mastery 146 for the capability under examination. Performance criteria may populate the HPCA model 100 in whole or in part. Multiple high performance capability assessments may be collected and stored with the performance criteria for future retrieval and possible modification in a capability detail pool, discussed below.

FIG. 2 shows the strategy and governance platform 102 divided into respective capability areas 202. The strategy and governance platform 102 includes a corporate mission, values and governance capability 220, a corporate objectives capability 222, a corporate strategy capability 224, a portfolio planning capability 226, an integrated strategic planning capability 228, a sales and operations planning capability 230, an operating model and organization planning capability 232, and a merger and acquisition planning capability 234.

FIG. 3 shows the demand generation platform 104 divided into respective capability areas 302. The demand generation platform 104 includes a category, brand, and consumer strategy capability 320, a channel, customer, and shopper strategy capability 322, an integrated marketing strategy capability 324, a consumer marketing operations and execution capability 326, a trade marketing operations and execution capability 328, and a sales operations and execution capability 330.

FIG. 4 shows the demand synchronization platform 106 divided into respective capability areas 402. The demand synchronization platform 106 includes an integrated demand and supply planning capability 420, a product lifecycle management capability 422, a portfolio optimization capability 424, and a route to market capability 426.

FIG. 5 shows the demand fulfillment platform 108 divided into respective capability areas 502. The demand fulfillment platform 108 includes a supply chain strategy and execution capability 520, a sourcing and procurement strategy and execution capability 522, a manufacturing strategy and execution capability 524, a logistics and fulfillment strategy and execution capability 526, and an order and service management capability 528.

FIG. 6 shows the enterprise operations platform 110 divided into respective capability areas 602. The enterprise operations platform 110 includes a transactional process management for OtC, PtP, RtR, and HtR capability 620, a master data management capability 622, a corporate operations management capability 624, a facilities and real estate management capability 626, and an information systems and technology management capability 628.

FIG. 7 shows the insight and decision making platform 112 divided into respective capability areas 702. The insight and decision making platform 112 includes an insights and analytics capability 720, and a performance measurement capability 722.

The tables provided in the appendix listing immediately following the abstract, which form part of this disclosure, provide an explanation of the capabilities and corresponding key assessment areas and performance criteria for each capability within the respective platforms. Each capability may include one or more key assessment areas. Each key assessment area may include one or more additional key assessment areas. In other words, a business capability may include sub-capabilities, and therefore, key assessment areas corresponding to the multiple sub-capabilities. The tables in the appendix show specific criteria used to analyze each capability.

FIG. 8 shows a multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set 800 (“reference set 800”) that provides a capability detail pool from which the system described below may obtain benchmarking tables for a consumer goods and services business. The reference set 800 includes multiple key assessment performance reference tables (“reference tables”), two of which are labeled 802 and 804. Each reference table may provide the benchmarking criteria for a specific capability, such as those noted above with respect to FIGS. 2-7.

One dimension of each table may establish the ‘Basic’ performance level 140 specifying ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria, the ‘Competitive’ performance level 142 specifying ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria, and the ‘Market Leading’ performance level 144 specifying ‘Market Leading’ performance assessment criteria. Another dimension of each table may specify one or more key assessment areas (KAAs), several of which are labeled 806, 808, and 810. As noted above, performance criteria, e.g., the PCC 812, populates each key assessment performance reference table to provide benchmark criteria for ‘Basic’, ‘Competitive’, and ‘Market Leading’ characteristics.

The reference set 800 represents the HPCA model 100. Consistent with the HPCA model 100, the reference set 800 may organize multiple reference tables into a hierarchical structure defining discrete changes in granularity. In one implementation, the hierarchical structure includes reference tables, sub-platforms, platforms, and models. FIG. 8 labels three sub-platforms 814, 816, and 818. The reference set 800 may further organize the platforms into sub-platforms, two of which are labeled 820 and 822. Platforms aggregate into the HPCA model 100 and corresponding reference set 800. Additional, different, or fewer levels of granularity may be defined in the HPCA model 100.

The reference set 800 may dynamically populate the reference tables with the most up-to-date performance criteria, for example upon retrieval and presentation by a business analysis consultant. The performance criteria may be retrieved from a performance capability criteria database or other information source.

FIG. 8 also shows an example of a database implementation 824 of a portion of a reference table. In particular, the database implementation 824 includes records (e.g., the records 826, 828, 830) that establish each PCC 812. In the example shown, each record includes a PCC field 832, a category specifier field 834, and a KAA specifier field 836. Other fields may be provided, such as a reference table assignment field or reference set assignment field. The records categorize each PCC into a specific category (e.g., Basic), into a specific KAA, and, optionally, into a specific reference table in a specific reference set for any particular HPCA model.

FIG. 9 shows a high-performance capability assessment system (“system”) 900. The system 900 includes a processor 902 and a memory 904. Several databases support the operation of the system 900, including a performance capability database 906, a performance measured database 908, a capability detail pool database 910, and an assessment results database 926. The system 900 may include a local display 912 and input/output interfaces 917 (e.g., including a keyboard, mouse, microphone, speakers, or other device), and, through the communication interface 914 and networks 916, may communicate with remote devices 918 and remote displays 920. The networks 916 may be any combination of external networks (e.g., the Internet) and internal networks (e.g., corporate LANs). The displays 912 and 920 may, for example, present performance capability assessment models 922 that the system 900 retrieves from the capability detail pool database 910 for review, modification, and application by process engineers or other individuals. With regard to local access or access by the remote devices 918, the system 900 may include a login processing program 924 to authenticate and/or authorize access to the system 900. To that end, the login processing program 924 may include username/password verification, private/public key encryption, or other validation and data protection capabilities.

In one implementation, the performance capability database 906 stores performance criteria. As will be described in more detail below, the system 900 may populate performance capability assessment models with performance capability criteria suited to any particular platform (e.g., strategy and governance platform 102, demand generation platform 104, demand synchronization platform 106, etc.) and business capability at one or more capability levels across one or more key assessment areas. The performance measured database 908 may store the determined, measured, or otherwise ascertained characteristics, criteria, and other measured data of a particular key assessment area as representative practice data 948. The representative practice data 948 may be obtained through interviews with business consultants and industrial engineers, through online questionnaires, through manual or automated analysis of business data (e.g., year end operating reports), or in other manners.

The capability detail pool database 910 stores the capability detail pool 800, which includes pre-defined performance capability assessment models 922. The assessment results database 926 stores determined capability levels for specific capabilities that have been analyzed.

The system 900 facilitates the review, modification, creation, and application of performance capability assessment models. In that role, performance capability assessment model manipulation logic (“manipulation logic”) 946 within the system 900 creates, retrieves, and stores capability assessment data 928 in the memory 904. The manipulation logic 946 may establish capability assessment data 928 in the memory 904, including a capability assessment data structure 930 with multiple capability levels (“CL”) 932 organized along a scale of mastery dimension, multiple key assessment areas (“KAA”) 934 organized along a key factor dimension, and performance criteria (“PCC”) 936 that populates the performance capability assessment model 930. The manipulation logic 946 may vary widely in implementation, and, as one example, may include data storage logic 952 that saves data in memory and user interface logic that accepts capability level specifications, key assessment area specifications and performance capability criteria inputs to create new performance capability assessment models, modify existing performance capability assessment models, delete performance capability assessment models, or retrieve performance capability assessment models for review.

In one implementation, the manipulation logic 946 establishes the capability assessment data structure 930 to include a multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set that includes multiple key assessment performance reference tables in which the key assessment performance reference tables include a ‘Basic’ capability performance level, a ‘Competitive’ capability performance level, and a ‘Market Leading’ capability performance level.

The capability assessment data 928 may also include a capability position specifier 938. The capability position specifier 938 may record the capability level along the scale of mastery 146, as determined for any particular capability. Thus, the system 900 may store the performance level in the assessment results database 926 or elsewhere for future retrieval and review.

In one implementation, the data population logic 940 may be a data population program executed by the processor 902 that populates template performance capability assessment models. For example, the data population logic 940 may include input logic 950 that accepts input specifying a capability of interest that indicates a particular performance capability assessment model. The data population logic 940 may include query logic 945 that executes database queries and prompts a user for input to obtain the corresponding performance capability criteria for the capability of interest.

In another implementation, for example, the query logic 945 may receive an input specifying a consumer goods and services industry area and a consumer goods and services industry key assessment area with the consumer goods and services industry area for analysis. The query logic 945 searches the multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set for a matching key assessment performance reference table that matches the consumer goods and services industry area and the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area, and retrieves the matching key assessment performance reference table.

The data population logic 940 may further include storage logic that adds the retrieved performance capability criteria to the template performance capability assessment model. The data population logic 940 produces populated performance capability assessment structures 942 that may be stored in the capability detail pool database 910.

In addition to the analysis process described above, the system 900 may provide an automated analysis of representative practice data 948 that identifies relevant performance capability criteria and determines the position on the scale of mastery 146 of each key assessment area corresponding to the performance capability criteria for the representative practice data 948. As one example, the system 900 may implement capability assessment logic 944 that includes comparison and/or matching logic that analyzes the representative practice data 948 with respect to performance capability criteria to locate key assessment areas for which the system 900 can determine capability levels to obtain a resultant performance level for each key assessment area.

Furthermore, the capability assessment logic 944 may determine an overall position on the scale of mastery 146 as the capability position specifier 938, for a capability under examination given the knowledge of where the key assessment areas corresponding to the capability under examination fall in each capability level. Thus, for example, the capability assessment logic 944 may determine an overall capability level for a capability corresponding to the capability level for the majority of the key assessment areas, or it may apply a weighted analysis technique to give more emphasis to some key assessment areas than others in determining the overall position on the scale of mastery 146 for a capability. As another example, the capability assessment logic 944 may implement an expert system (e.g., based on a neural network trained on prior determinations) that analyzes the determined characteristics with respect to the performance capability criteria and ascertains where the capability under examination falls along the scale of mastery 146 for each of the key assessment areas, or overall on the scale of mastery.

FIG. 10 shows a flow diagram 1000 for creating performance capability assessment models. The performance capability assessment model creator (e.g., the manipulation logic 946) establishes a key factor dimension for the performance capability assessment model (1002). The performance capability assessment model creator also establishes a capability scale dimension for the performance capability assessment model (1004). The capability scale dimension may define a scale of increasing organizational capability. For example, the structure creator may create the ‘Basic’ level 140, the ‘Competitive’ level 142, and the ‘Market Leading’ level 144. The performance capability assessment model creator also populates the performance capability assessment model with capability performance criteria (1006). A capability detail pool 800 may be formed to hold multiple tailored key assessment performance reference tables (1008). The performance capability assessment model creator may store the populated assessment structure in the capability detail pool for subsequent retrieval and analysis (1010).

FIG. 11 shows a flow diagram 1100 for retrieving and applying performance capability assessment models. A selection of a capability to be analyzed is obtained (1102). In one implementation, the system 900 receives input data that specifies a consumer goods and services industry area and a consumer goods and services industry key assessment area for analysis. For example, the system 900 may accept input from a business consultant that specifies a capability for analysis. The system 900 may query the capability detail pool 800 for a corresponding performance capability assessment model (1104). The corresponding performance capability assessment model may be pre-defined in the capability detail pool 800, or the data population logic 940 (or other actor) may populate a performance capability assessment model template that the system 900 newly creates, or that the system 900 retrieves from a data store, such as the capability detail pool database 910.

In another example, the system 900 searches the multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set in the capability detail pool 800 for a matching key assessment performance reference table based on the input data that specifies a consumer goods and services industry platform and a consumer goods and services industry key assessment area. The system 900 retrieves the matching key assessment performance reference table and initiates analysis of the matching key assessment performance reference table to obtain a resultant performance level for the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area.

The system 900 obtains representative practice data 948 for the capability under examination in the specific business under review (1106). For example, a business consultant may interview the business to determine how the business currently executes the capability under review. As another example, a representative from the business may complete a questionnaire, submit business data for analysis and parameter extraction, or otherwise provide the characteristics of their current capability execution. As a further example, the system 900 may retrieve the representative practice data 948 from a database of previously obtained representative practice data.

The system 900 compares the representative practice data 948 to the performance criteria in the performance capability assessment model (1108). For example, a business consultant may use his or her expertise to arrive at a determination of level for the business and the capability under examination (1110). Alternatively or additionally, the capability assessment logic 944 may perform an automated analysis of the assessment results data in the assessment results database 926 and ascertain the performance level on the scale of mastery 146. The system 900 may store the assessment results, including the determined performance level, for future reference in the assessment results database 926 or other location (1112).

FIG. 12 shows a flow diagram 1200 for analyzing representative practice data 948 to determine a consumer goods and services industry and a consumer goods and services key assessment area to which the representative practice data applies. The system 900 receives representative practice data 948 as input data (1202). The system 900 may receive the representative practice data 948 from a database query performed by the query logic 945 that the query logic executes periodically, when instructed by an operator, and/or automatically against any number of available database sources that store representative practice data 948. The capability assessment logic 944 analyzes the representative practice data 948 to identify performance capability criteria in the capability detail pool 800 that the capability assessment logic 944 determines relevant to the representative practice data 948 (1204). For example, the capability assessment logic 944 may compare and/or match the content of the representative practice data 948 with the performance capability criteria using natural language processing (NLP), text string and/or substring matching, by comparing tags linked to the representative practice data 948 and that specify that any portion of the representative practice data 948 is applicable to a specific PCC, by querying for a manual classification of the representative practice data 948 to a PCC, or other matching technique. The capability assessment logic 944 may score and/or weight a performance capability criteria and compare the score and/or weight to a user specified relevance threshold to rank the relevance of the performance capability criteria to the representative practice data 948 (1206). The user may specify particular terms and/or phrases to search and match between the performance capability criteria and the representative practice data 948, in order to score the performance capability criteria.

The capability assessment logic 944 may determine, based on the number of performance capability criteria that meet or exceed the relevance threshold, that the capability assessment logic 944 has identified a sufficient number of performance capability criteria for a specific key assessment area in order to determine a performance level for the capability as a whole or any key assessment area within the capability (1208). As one example, where at least 51% of the performance capability criteria for a particular key assessment area meet or exceed the relevance threshold, the capability assessment logic 944 applies the performance capability criteria to the representative practice data 948. In another example, the performance capability criteria for a particular key assessment area may be ranked in importance and/or designated as mandatory in order to assess the key assessment area. In the event the capability assessment logic 944 identifies the mandatory performance capability criteria for a key assessment area, the capability assessment logic 944 applies the performance capability criteria to the representative practice data 948.

The capability assessment logic 944 may apply the performance capability criteria meeting or exceeding the relevance threshold to the representative practice data 948 to determine whether any particular PCC is met. Accordingly, as the capability assessment logic 944 analyzes the PCC, the system 900 tracks the best fit of the representative practice data 948 to the PCCs in the key assessment performance reference tables. In other words, the system 900 determines how the representative practice data 948 meets (or does not meet) each PCC, thereby gaining insight into whether the representative practice data 948 is indicative of Basic, Competitive, or Market Leading practices.

The system 900 may also gauge the position on the scale of mastery 146 of each key assessment area corresponding to the performance capability criteria (1210). The capability assessment logic 944 may further determine an overall position on the scale of mastery 146 for a capability (1212). The capability assessment logic 944 may establish that a desired number and/or designated mandatory performance capability criteria for the key assessment areas have been identified as relevant to a capability and sufficient to determine the position on the scale of mastery 146 for the capability. For example, the capability assessment logic 944 may determine an overall performance level for the capability based on the performance level determined for the majority of the key assessment areas. The capability assessment logic 944 may apply a weighted analysis technique to give more emphasis to some key assessment areas than others in determining the overall position on the scale of mastery 146 for the capability. Although selected aspects, features, or components of the implementations are depicted as being stored in computer-readable memories (e.g., as computer-executable instructions or performance capability assessment models), all or part of the systems and structures may be stored on, distributed across, or read from other computer-readable media. The computer-readable media may include, for example, secondary storage devices such as hard disks, floppy disks, and CD-ROMs; a signal, such as a signal received from a network or received at an antenna; or other forms of memory, including ROM or RAM, either currently known or later developed.

Various implementations of the system 900 may include additional or different components. A processor may be implemented as a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a DSP, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), discrete logic, or a combination of other types of circuits or logic. Similarly, memories may be DRAM, SRAM, Flash or any other type of memory. The processing capability of the system may be distributed among multiple system components, such as among multiple processors and memories, optionally including multiple distributed processing systems. Parameters, databases, and other data structures may be separately stored and managed, may be incorporated into a single memory or database, may be logically and physically organized in many different ways, and may be implemented in many ways, including data structures such as linked lists, hash tables, or implicit storage mechanisms. Programs may be combined or split among multiple programs, or distributed across several memories and processors.

The HPCA 100 model provides unexpectedly good results for a performance capability assessment model, particularly in the consumer goods and services industry. In particular, the combinations of key assessment areas and particular assessment criteria of the HPCA model, including the criteria noted in the Appendix of Tables, provide significant advantages over other assessment models. The unexpectedly good results include clearly identifying and delineating from among multiple related complex processes the specific processes to improve, how to improve said process, and identifying concrete and measurable improvement goals.

While various embodiments of the invention have been described, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that many more embodiments and implementations are possible within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be restricted except in light of the attached claims and their equivalents.

APPENDIX OF TABLES

Basic Competitive Market Leading STRATEGY AND GOVERNANCE Capability Area - Strategy and Governance Company Mission, Values and Governance Process Participation Little to no executive The C-level (CIO, CFO, CEO, The C-level (CIO, CFO, CEO, Who participates in the process participation exists beyond the etc.)/executive team participates etc.)/executive team determines execution/approval CEO. collaboratively in determining the mission, values and The board of directors or equity the mission, values and governance with managed input partners may set or heavily governance. from non-executive influences influence the mission, values and The board of directors or equity such as employees, customers governance of the organization. partners review and approve if and suppliers. necessary. Process Creation The process of elaborating the A process for mission and vision A clear and consistent mission How the process gets executed mission, the values and setting is followed, but may vary and vision development process Points that serve as governance principles is not from year to year and is is documented and followed for differentiators in process defined or loosely defined. inconsistently applied or both annual and long-range capability and sophistication It is largely developed in executed. plans. across the scale isolation and dictated to Defining the values and Strong values set the standards leadership, with inconsistent governance responsibilities used to create the process. The communication to the allows input from top exercise of sifting and packaging organization. management. behaviors is the method used. The mission and vision statements are reviewed against corporate goals, business scope and plan, operating model, growth intent, and major change programs. Process Frequency No iterations, no set timeframe, Iterations are done during Long range and annual planning Number of times and frequency but generally an annual development. is conducted and a at which a process is executed restatement or reiteration of the Process is done annually or in revision/refresh/performance Number of iterations required mission and vision occur here. defined periods (3 yr increments schedule is developed as part of before process is complete Goals and objectives are fixed with annual refreshes). the planning cycle. throughout the year with Apart from budget and other quarterly checkpoints for financial purposes, goals and budgetary and financial purposes, objectives are revised semi- but with no reviewing at this annually. point. Process Inputs Inputs are unclear to the Process inputs include C-level Process inputs include Data, intentions, objectives, organization, where often there is (CIO, CFO, CEO)/executive everything in the competitive materials, information, events, a general reliance on past team direct input, historical and category, including solicited outputs from other processes, performance factors and forward looking business input from the organization and etc. historical reports. performance indicators, and external parties. limited market relevant trend inputs. Process Outputs Outputs are often unclear, with The mission and vision The mission and vision Decisions, status, events, strategic intent and strategic statements are produced and statements are completed, which actions, information, materials, motivators not well defined or communicated to the sets the path for strategic targets finished product, etc., resulting communicated. organization, but often lack and which determines the from the process Output is generally focused on specific targets and methods for methods that are expected to be sales lift and cost reduction strategy achievement. deployed. messages. These findings are The mission and vision are much communicated to stakeholders. like published cases, not linking to ambitions or timeframes. Process Automation Little to no automation is used, The process defines the standard Automated reports and data Level of automation or tools although presentation software inputs and formats for setting analysis tools are used in used to shape, enable or execute such as PowerPoint, Excel mission and vision, as well as developing goals and objectives, the process spreadsheets, and email are the goals and objectives materials. and alongside syndicated or used. A system is used to generate subscribed data services for reports and conduct data or the market and industry insights. comparative analysis used in Common templates are used to strategy development. capture and communicate strategy inputs and outputs. Process Integration Integration points are generally The process is integrated into the This mission and vision Level of integration the process email or meeting driven, periodic planning calendar, but development and goals and has with other processes, between CEO and Board of generally, no automated or other objectives setting are integrated systems, tools or third parties directors or equity partners. process integration is intentional into the long range and annual beyond perhaps an annual planning calendars to coincide budgeting cycle. with fiscal year budgeting, and refreshes or updates are done to coincide with major shareholder meetings or analyst communications. Capability Area - Strategy and Governance Corporate Objectives Process Participation There is little to no executive There is C-level (CIO, CFO, The C-level (CIO, CFO, CEO)/ Who participates in the process participation beyond the CEO. CEO)/executive team executive team determines the execution/approval The board of directors or equity participation and the strategy is strategy with managed input partners may set or heavily determined collaboratively. The from non-executive influences influence the strategy. board of directors or equity such as employees, customers, partners review and approve this and suppliers. if necessary. Process Creation The strategy process is either A process for strategy A clear and consistent strategy How the process gets executed undefined or is defined loosely. development is followed, but development process is Points that serve as It is largely developed in may vary from year to year and documented and followed for differentiators in process isolation and dictated to is inconsistently applied or both annual and long-range plans. capability and sophistication leadership, with inconsistent executed. The strategic process includes a across the scale communication to the The annual plan is emphasized refresh of the corporate goals, organization. and the long-range plan is business scope and plan, The annual plan is emphasized created every 3 or 5 years. operating model, growth intent, with minimal long range and major change programs. planning detail. Process Frequency There are no iterations, nor a set Iterations are done during the Both long range and annual Number of times and frequency timeframe, but there is generally development phase. planning are conducted. at which a process is executed an annual restatement or The process is done annually or in A revision/refresh/performance Number of iterations required reiteration of the strategy. defined periods (3 yr increments schedule is developed as part of before process is complete with annual refreshes). the planning cycle. Process Inputs Inputs are unclear to the Process inputs include C-level Process inputs include the Data, intentions, objectives, organization, where often there (CIO, CFO, CEO)/executive Competitive scale of mastery, materials, information, events, is a general reliance on past team direct input, historical and plus a solicited input from the outputs from other processes, performance factors and forward looking business organization and external etc. historical reports. performance indicators, and parties. limited market relevant trend inputs. Process Outputs Outputs are often unclear, with A strategy document is produced A strategy document is Decisions, status, events, strategic intent and strategic and communicated to the completed with strategic targets actions, information, materials, motivators not well defined or organization, but often lacks and expected methods to be finished product, etc., resulting communicated. specific targets and methods for deployed. This information is from the process Output is generally focused on strategy achievement. communicated to stakeholders. sales lift and cost reduction messages Process Automation Little to no automation is used. The process defines inputs of Automated reports and data Level of automation or tools Process automation may involve standards and formats for analysis tools are used in used to shape, enable or execute presentation software such as strategy material. strategy development, along the process PowerPoint, Excel spreadsheets, The system is used to generate with syndicated or subscribed and email. reports and conduct data or data services for market and comparative analysis used in industry insights. strategy development. Common templates are used to capture and communicate strategy inputs and outputs. Process Integration Integration points are generally The process is integrated into the This strategy development is Level of integration the process email or meeting driven, periodic planning calendar. integrated into the long range has with other processes, between CEO and board of Generally no automated or other and annual planning calendars to systems, tools or third parties directors or equity partners. process integration is coincide with fiscal year intentional, beyond perhaps an budgeting. Refreshes or updates annual budgeting cycle. are done to coincide with major shareholder meetings or analyst communications. Capability Area - Strategy and Governance Corporate Strategy Process Participation There is little to no executive There is C-level (CIO, CFO, The C-level (CIO, CFO, CEO)/ Who participates in the process participation beyond the C-suite CEO)/executive team executive team determine execution/approval (CIO, CFO, CEO). participation. Objectives, objectives, prospect sources of The board of directors or equity sources of businesses and businesses and capability partners may set or heavily capability development needs development alternatives with influence objectives, sources of and alternatives are determined managed input from non- businesses, and capability collaboratively. executive influences such development alternatives. The board of directors or equity bankers, consultants, and partner review and approve if suppliers. necessary. Process Creation The process of determining A process for defining A clear and consistent process of How the process gets executed objectives, identifying sources objectives, identifying sources defining objectives, identifying Points that serve as of business, and developing of business, and developing sources of business, and differentiators in process capabilities is not defined or is capabilities is followed, but may developing capabilities is capability and sophistication loosely defined. The process is vary from period to period and is documented and followed for across the scale largely developed in isolation inconsistently applied or both annual and long range plans. and dictated to leadership, with executed. The objectives and opportunities inconsistent communication to are reviewed against corporate the organization. goals and aspirations. Process Frequency No iterations, no set timeframe. Objectives and sources of Both long range and annual Number of times and frequency Emerging opportunities are business are reviewed, objectives are conducted. at which a process is executed treated in an episodic fashion. establishing the baseline for Sources of business are Number of iterations required further investigation. Iterations examined quarterly, following a before process is complete with corporate goals and documented and disciplined aspirations occur, but not examination of future necessarily changing either of opportunities. them. Capability development follows the same path and iterations are done with key function owners. Process Inputs Inputs are unclear to the Process inputs include C-level Process inputs include Data, intentions, objectives, organization, where often there (CIO, CFO, CEO)/executive everything in the progressive materials, information, events, is a general reliance on team direct input, historical and category, including solicited outputs from other processes etc published and unchecked forward looking business input from the organization and information. performance indicators, and external parties. Internal information is limited market relevant trend sometimes incomplete. inputs. Process Outputs Outputs are often unclear or not Outputs are clear and linked to Outputs are clear and linked to Decisions, status, events, communicated to the the company's goals and the company's goals and actions, information, materials, organization. aspirations. The sources of aspirations. finished product, etc., resulting business documented but not The sources of business are from the process thoroughly. thoroughly and thoughtfully The capabilities are not linked to documented. performance enhancement but to The capabilities are linked to ability and knowledge building. performance enhancement. Process Automation Little to no automation is used. The process defines standard The process is documented in Level of automation or tools May involve presentation inputs and formats for shared knowledge environments used to shape, enable or execute software such as PowerPoint, objectives, sources of business, using custom formats created the process Excel spreadsheets, and email. capabilities and development from standard information. materials. Process Integration Integration points are generally The process is integrated into the The process is integrated into the Level of integration the process email or meeting driven and periodic planning calendar, but periodic planning calendar has with other processes, occur between CEO and board is generally not automated. intentionally, with supporting systems, tools or third parties of directors or equity partners. information fed into the knowledge base. Capability Area - Strategy and Governance Portfolio Planning Process Participation CFO and commercial directors C-Level/Executive team Business development executive Who participates in the process collaboration facilitated by team; often consisting of execution/approval business development VP and/or business development VP, CFO, chief financial officer general counsel, commercial and supply chain leadership with collaboration across C-Level/ Executive team and category leads Process Creation Portfolio strategy is limited in Portfolio strategy is developed Portfolio strategy leverages fact How the process gets executed development, focusing mostly with some level of role based analytics, defines business Points that serve as on acquiring some evident definition by business unit. unit roles clearly, specifies that differentiators in process individual businesses to Basic business screening is used target financial goals and capability and sophistication complement wide business to identify prospects, but little resource allocation is across the scale portfolio. sophistication is used to allocate commensurate with targeted resources. goals. Multi-year view and emerging Portfolio strategy includes a businesses usually not included. multiyear view and addresses emerging businesses. Process Frequency Portfolio planning is done Portfolio planning is performed Portfolio planning is done Number of times and frequency annually. annually, with a mid-year annually with quarterly refreshes at which a process is executed There is no understanding of checkpoint for revision. or adjustments based on current Number of iterations required overall portfolio sensitivity performance, forecast, before process is complete across business and major competitor actions, and market categories. trend data, but with a multi-year view for emerging businesses. Process Inputs Process inputs include corporate Process inputs include corporate Process inputs include corporate Data, intentions, objectives, strategy components and overall strategy components, overall strategy components, overall materials, information, events, financial targets, current leading/ financial targets and historical financial targets and historical outputs from other processes, key products and historical performance, current business performance, current business etc. performance. portfolio strategic strength portfolio strategic strength (market share, profitability, (market share, profitability, position in business portfolio position in business portfolio matrix, growth prospects), matrix, growth prospects), customer insights, and new customer insights, competitor category/product introduction. analytics, resource capacity and constraints, supplier intelligence and new category/product introduction. Process Outputs Outputs include business Outputs include portfolio Outputs include portfolio Decisions, status, events, portfolio matrix and key planning with key businesses planning with key business actions, information, materials, prioritized businesses prospects. financial targets, business unit units, strategic intent for each of finished product, etc., resulting roles and strategic intent by the business units in the from the process group of categories as well as a portfolio, financial targets, and prioritized list of prospects. major targets, along with multi- year view and emerging business opportunities. Process Automation No automation is used in the Some automation, along with Automation is used to perform Level of automation or tools process other than presentation system reports and presentation business performance modeling used to shape, enable or execute software and system reports software, is used to perform and simulation, comparative the process basic analytics, data and trend analysis, forecasting and financial analysis. Process Integration Little to no integration other Portfolio planning is integrated Portfolio planning is integrated Level of integration the process than strategic planning into integrated strategic planning with other strategy development has with other processes; process such as; input to and is data driven with analytics. systems, tools or third parties mergers and acquisitions It includes other functional areas planning, category plan such as business development, management and key product supply chain, commercial etc. to planning, but integration with optimize business unit roles and analytics and operational target performance. practices is limited or not Integrated strategic planning and emphasized. mergers and acquisitions planning are closely linked to execute and optimize the portfolio strategy. Capability Area - Strategy and Governance Integrated Strategic Planning Process Participation The finance team which is led Finance team The strategic planning team (not Who participates in the process by the CFO, and revised and Business development an ad-hoc project based formed execution/approval approved by the CEO/board of Business Intelligence with team) with inputs from the directors/equity partners fundamental input from functional areas, reviewed and functional areas (Commercial, approved by the CEO/board of Supply Chain, Manufacturing), directors/equity partners which are reviewed by CFO/ participate in integrated strategic CEO/board of directors/equity planning partners participate in integrated strategic planning Process Creation Strategic planning is essentially The focus is on longer term and/ The strategic plan focuses on the How the process gets executed a long-term forecasting exercise, or structural changes, but only financial, operational and Points that serve as with a focus on incremental loosely linked to shareholder structural changes needed to differentiators in process changes. value. achieve shareholder value capability and sophistication objectives. across the scale Process Frequency No iterations Strategic planning goals are Strategic planning is the basis Number of times and frequency No set timeframe reviewed quarterly or semi- for long term investigation and at which a process is executed annually, establishing the goals measurement. Number of iterations required baseline for further Deviations from the strategic before process is complete investigation. plan are measured, reported to and evaluated by CFO/CEO/ board of directors/equity partners. Process Inputs Process inputs are P&L Process inputs include C- Process inputs include C- Data, intentions, objectives, performance measures with key Level/Executive team direct Level/Executive team direct materials, information, events, strategic goals and objectives. input, historical and forward input, historical and forward outputs from other processes, looking business performance looking business performance etc. indicators and limited market indicators and limited market relevant trend inputs. relevant trend inputs. Strong emphasis is placed on competitor performance, recent developments and market trends. Process Outputs Process outputs include many Driver based measures are used Process inputs include Decisions, status, events, P&L-focused performance in addition to traditional P&L consistent, prioritized and actions, information, materials, measures; neither well-defined measures; but may not be clearly-defined key result finished product, etc., resulting nor consistent across the prioritized or used consistently. measures of successful execution from the process organization. of strategy, with direct linkage to total return to shareholders. Process Automation Little to no automation is used. The process defines standard The process is documented in Level of automation or tools It may involve presentation inputs and formats for objectives, shared knowledge environments used to shape, enable or execute software such as PowerPoint, sources of business and in custom formats created from the process Excel spreadsheets and email. capabilities development materials. needed standard information. Process Integration Strategic plan stands alone Process integration includes Strategic planning is explicitly Level of integration the process partial linkage to targets and linked to targeting and resource has with other processes, systems, budgets. allocation. tools or third parties Changes to strategy do not always result in changes to targets and budgets. Capability Area - Strategy and Governance Sales and Operations Planning Process Participation Limited involvement of Consumer analysis, market Participation includes integrated Who participates in the process functional areas other than SC is analysis, competitor analysis and planning embedded into execution/approval involved in sales and operations base lining completed with organizational operating planning. supply chain organization using processes to the extent that it is There is no integrated planning comparative, internal part of business as usual. capability per se to integrate into benchmarks all play roles in Involvement of key functional the organization. sales and operations planning. areas include: sales/marketing - market trends and channels perspectives/customer service - customer demands/financial - cost auditing/IT - high level technical architecture/industrial and logistics leaders of the analysis. Process Creation The process is created through Proactive formal meetings are Proactive formal meetings are How the process gets executed ad-hoc meetings between key held between core functional held between all functional Points that serve as impacted functions held in a teams. teams across the extended differentiators in process reactive or fire fighting mode. Scenario and what-if analysis supply chain. capability and sophistication All analysis is conducted capabilities are used and are Scenario, what-if and across the scale manually using spreadsheet based mainly on cost and gross optimization analysis based tools; no what-if analysis sales drivers. capabilities are used based on capability is included. profits and similar drivers. Process Frequency This process is done quarterly Annual plans with quarterly Annual planning with quarterly Number of times and frequency with few iterations. revisions and monthly reviews revisions and monthly reviews at which a process is executed It involves reconciling past with are used. focus on what-if scenarios and Number of iterations required present needs. optimization analyses. before process is complete Process Inputs Multiple operating plans are Process inputs include a single All business activities are driven Data, intentions, objectives, used to drive business activities number plan agreed to drive off the integrated planning single materials, information, events, and actions. business activities - however some number - with no other plans outputs from other processes, etc. functions still use additional plans. developed or tracked. Process Outputs Process outputs include plans for Process outputs include Process outputs include fully Decisions, status, events, sales (volumes, by channel, integrated sales and operations integrated sales and operations actions, information, materials, brand, and category) and for plans, medium to longer term plans, long term needs for finished product, etc., resulting supply chain management needs for capacity increases and capacity increases, from the process (demand, inventory levels, recommendations for “renting” recommendations for “renting” supply coverage), basic make/ external capacity (warehouse, external capacity (warehouse, buy decisions for key products transportation, production). transportation, production) and for the short term. financial impacts on trade-offs. Process Automation Data is maintained and reported Data is maintained and sourced Data is maintained and sourced Level of automation or tools using desktop based tools such from ERP applications and from ERP applications and used to shape, enable or execute as MS Excel and ad hoc MS reported using a mix of desktop reported using a web enabled the process Access applications. tools and ERP reporting tools. integrated planning workbench. Process Integration There is no integrated planning Integrated planning is seen as an Integrated planning is embedded Level of integration the process capability per say to integrate essential addition to business as into organizational operating has with other processes, into the organization. usual. processes to the extent that it is systems, tools or third parties part of business as usual. Capability Area - Strategy and Governance Operations Model and Organization Planning Process Participation Little to no executive C-Level/Executive team C-Level/Executive Team Who participates in the process participation is involved beyond participation - organization is participation - organization and execution/approval the CEO and key VPs (VP for determined collaboratively. people strategy is determined Human Resources, VP for The board of directors or equity collaboratively. Supply Chain, VP for partner review and approve if Other key executives may Commercial). necessary. participate in specific details of The board of directors or equity people strategy. partners may set or heavily The board of directors or equity influence the organization. partner review and approve if necessary. Source talent from the worldwide talent pool, and in developing the right operating models to leverage this talent most effectively. Process Creation The process of designing and A process for developing and A clear and consistent How the process gets executed communicating the organization designing the organization organization and people strategy Points that serve as strategy is not defined or loosely strategy is followed, but may development process is differentiators in process defined. vary from year to year and is documented and followed for capability and sophistication Most of the time the inconsistently applied or both annual and long range across the scale organization strategy executed. plans. development process The organization and people accommodates current people strategy development process and traditional names/ includes a refresh of the organization designs. organizational corporate goals, people development scope and plan, operating model, growth intent, and major change programs. Process Frequency No iterations or set timeframe Iterations are done during Organization and people strategy Number of times and frequency exists, but generally an annual organization and people strategy is constantly checked against the at which a process is executed version of an adapted development. company business units' needs Number of iterations required organization to reflect business The process is done annually or and changes (mergers, before process is complete units' changes. in defined periods. acquisitions and divestitures). People strategy programs, People strategy is confirmed at objectives, and scope are fixed times, semi-annually, for followed throughout the year. leadership pulse checks and to instill company values throughout the company. Process Inputs Inputs are unclear to the Process inputs include corporate Process inputs include Data, intentions, objectives, organization or are very basic, business strategy, C-Level/ everything in the progressive materials, information, events, such as business units' current Executive team direct input, some category, plus solicited input outputs from other processes, organizational design and people evaluations on company leadership from the organization and etc. development curricula. and business units with leadership external parties and guiding needs. leadership assessments. Process Outputs Outputs are often unclear, with Organization strategy is Organization and people strategy Decisions, status, events, organization/people strategic communicated throughout the are communicated to actions, information, materials, intent and motivators not well company but with mixed results stakeholders, with clear finished product, etc., resulting defined or communicated. on understanding. examples and definitions on from the process Output is generally focused on a People strategy is incorporated roles, responsibilities, new organization chart and to all training courses and governance processes, etc. internal development programs. communicated through a passive media (such as a flyer or corporate website). Process Automation None Automation is close to Automation includes standard Level of automation or tools inexistent, except for some formats to support operational used to shape, enable or execute standard formats to collect and model design; policy templates the process organize information. on responsibilities in an electronic media, available to the whole team. Process Integration Integration points are generally Process integration is usually Process integration is done Level of integration the process email or meeting driven, done in workshops for designing during the organization and has with other processes, between CEO, selected VPs, and and alignment/consensus people strategy design and systems, tools or third parties board of directors or equity building. alignment. partners. People participating in the process proactively inform and capture feedback from the organization. Capability Area - Strategy and Governance Merger and Acquisition Planning Process Participation There is little to no executive C-Level/Executive team Business development Who participates in the process participation beyond the CEO, suggests and screens prospects. Director/C-Level/Executive execution/approval the board or equity partners, the The board of directors or equity team suggests and screens CFO and perhaps the partner review and approve, if prospects. commercial VP and the general necessary. The board of directors or equity counsel, supported by Execution is carried out by partner reviews and approves, if investment bankers. appointed people in finance. necessary. Execution is carried out by business development personnel supported by key functional executives (Commercial, Supply Chain, Manufacturing) and enterprise supporting (General Counsel, Finance). Process Creation M&A process is not defined or A process for conducting A clear and consistent M&A How the process gets executed loosely defined. mergers and acquisitions is strategy development process is Points that serve as This process is carried out by followed, but may vary from documented and followed for differentiators in process external hired experts, on an year to year and is inconsistently both annual and long range capability and sophistication ad-hoc basis. applied or executed. plans. across the scale It is still strongly supported by a Execution is clear; in particular handful of external consultants analysis, due diligence and and investment bankers. negotiation. Several agents are known (law firms, bankers, external accountants, consultants and auditors) and share the practice. Process Frequency M&A is done episodically/ad- M&A is carried out frequently, M&A is carried out as an Number of times and frequency hoc. with prospect screening and ongoing effort; with monthly at which a process is executed Lack of experience does not evaluation throughout the year. meetings to revise pipeline and Number of iterations required allow knowledge accumulation The process is revised semi- long term goals to improve the before process is complete enough to improve processes. annually and screening sessions company portfolio of businesses. take place at least quarterly. Process Inputs Inputs are incomplete or very Process inputs include corporate Process inputs include corporate Data, intentions, objectives, basic, such as business units' business strategy, C-Level/ business strategy, C-Level/ materials, information, events, opportunities or strategic intent Executive team direct input. Executive team direct input, outputs from other processes, of prospect business. some evaluations on company etc. leadership and business units with leadership needs. Process Outputs Outputs are often unclear, except Outputs are clear and linked to Outputs are clear and linked to Decisions, status, events, on the cases that a company/ company's goals and aspirations. company's strategy. actions, information, materials, business is acquired or spun off. Sources of business are Sources of business are finished product, etc. resulting No feedback is used to improve somewhat documented, but not thoroughly and thoughtfully from the process process. thoroughly. documented. Strong feedback loops are established to improve process. Process Automation Little to no automation is used The process defines standard The process is documented in Level of automation or tools although it may involve inputs and formats, but all shared knowledge environments used to shape, enable or execute presentation software such as analytic work is an upgrade from in custom formats created from the process PowerPoint, Excel spreadsheets the most recent work. needed standard information. and email. This process is not automated. Process Integration Integration points are generally The process is integrated into the The process is integrated into the Level of integration the process meeting driven, between CEO periodic planning calendar, but periodic planning calendar has with other processes, and board of directors or equity generally no automated or other intentionally, with supporting systems, tools or third parties partners. process integration is information fed into the intentional. knowledge base. DEMAND GENERATION Capability Area - Demand Generation Category, Brand, and Consumer Strategy Process Participation Chief marketing officer and Chief marketing officer and C-level (CIO, CFO, CEO)/ Who participates in the process marketing group, with review by marketing group with inputs executive team collaboration execution/approval CEO and/or board of directors from sales and production groups facilitated by Chief marketing Review by c-level (CIO, CFO, officer and/or Chief Sales CEO)/executive team and board Officer of directors Review by board of directors Identify and leverage product- innovation talent and new sources of innovation. Link marketing and product development tightly to embed the voice of the customer within new product development. Process Creation Marketing group evaluates Strategic group communicates the Strategic Group communicates How the process gets executed category and brand image against portfolio management guidelines the portfolio management Points that serve as business performance and to the marketing group along guidelines to the marketing group differentiators in process consumer feedback and develops with details of any analysis along with details of any analysis capability and sophistication strategies including changes to supporting the given directions. supporting the given directions. across the scale existing categories/brands, new Funds are allocated on the base of a Investment decisions are based brand introduction or brand past spending and in some cases on ROI or advanced marketing termination. on ROI calculations modeling techniques (e.g. Funds are allocated based on past Marketing group evaluates competitive cause and effect spending and on management category and brand image against evaluation). experience business performance and The marketing group generates Strategic guidelines, historical consumer feedback and develops and analyzes consumer and business performance and strategies including changes to shopper insights in relation to the consumer feedback existing categories/brands, new market, evaluates category and brand introduction or brand brand image against past termination. performance and strategic category leadership objectives. Category and brand plans are developed with a focus on brands and products enabling category leadership. This plan outlines products and/or brands to be developed or acquired to achieve category leadership or, adversely, to be terminated where required and is feeding innovation, product lifecycle and consumer pricing processes Accurately understand precisely which features, functions or services customers really want. Take a portfolio management approach to products, services and solutions to optimize revenue and margin while managing risk. Identify and leverage product- innovation talent and new sources of innovation. Add new features and characteristics early in the product-development process to minimize risk and increase the chance of product acceptance. Develop products to enhance downstream operational efficiencies such as manufacturing and fulfillment, thus reducing overall cost and time to market. Develop the concept of “frugal engineering” that enables cost- efficient product designs in conjunction with a lean product development resource base. Implement innovations in the product development process itself. Sell products and services rather than just products to create greater customer value. Process Frequency Annually Annually, with quarterly Annually, with quarterly Number of times and frequency adjustments based on measured adjustments based on measured at which a process is executed performance and in-season performance and in-season Number of iterations required marketing opportunities or marketing opportunities or before process is complete adjustments adjustments Proactive and ongoing performance monitoring with in- flight adjustments where further potential for optimization is identified Process Inputs Strategic guidelines, historical Strategic guidelines, competitive Strategic guidelines and data, Data, intentions, objectives, business performance and position, historical business competitive position and activity, materials, information, events, consumer feedback performance and consumer historical business performance, outputs from other processes, feedback foreseen trends and feedback of etc. the consumer and market Focus a higher percentage of product resources on key products. Process Outputs Strategic marketing plan Strategic brand and product Strategic and integrated category, Decisions, status, events, Brand strategy consisting of plans brand, product and innovation actions, information, materials, recommended changes to Brand strategy consisting of plans finished product, etc., resulting branding short and long-term brand Brand and product strategy from the process. enhancements describing short and long term objectives that are linked to other strategy components Process Automation No automation utilized in Some limited access to online Automated brand performance Level of automation or tools process beyond presentation survey or feedback to capability metrics, survey or feedback used to shape, enable or execute software and system reports and system reports tools, and media or third party the process. reporting for brand performance and perception analysis Workflows are used to seamlessly interconnect the parties that are involved in the strategy formulation process. Capability Area - Demand Generation Channel, Customer, and Shopper Strategy Process Participation Primary input comes from the Executive leadership from the Customer centric thinking is led Who participates in the process marketing group, with little marketing and sales groups by the c-level (CIO, CFO, CEO)/ execution/approval input, other than review and drives the strategy formulation executive team with inputs from approval, from the c-level (CIO, process with inputs from the all parts of the organization and CFO, CEO)/executive team. supply chain and with c-level customers. (CIO, CFO, CEO)/executive team review and approval. Process Creation An unsophisticated process for Some customer segmentation Deep customer centric analysis is How the process gets executed assessing customers exists here analysis is done. done and used to drive business Points that serve as with little to no segmentation, Offers are aligned with customer activities including assortments differentiators in process limited data inputs or fact basis. segments and customer and services. Customer feedback capability and sophistication Offers tend to be product and performance is tracked and used is frequently captured and across the scale service driven rather than based for future planning. growth plans by customer on customer needs or Channels are defined and segment and cluster are preferences. Channels are developed according to expected developed and followed. defined and developed without roles/priority within the Channels are assessed and specific role definition. organization. developed based on target The sales group defines customer The sales group defines customer outcomes and the value they will targets, identifies what needs are targets, identifies what needs to contribute to the organization to be distributed through which be distributed through which Cross channel components are channels and manages trade channels and manages trade part of the strategy and are terms and pricing. terms and pricing. integrated with the customer The logistics group gathers strategy. inputs from the sales group and Sophisticated measurement implements optimized delivery across channels is deployed and routes based on the segmented channel specific resources are customers. deployed. The marketing group segments shoppers, analyzes which channels customers leverage and segments outlet specificities. The sales group defines customer targets, identifies what needs to be distributed through which channels and manages trade terms and pricing. The logistics group gathers inputs from the sales group and implements optimized delivery routes based on the segmented customers. Process Frequency Annual process with revisions Annual process with mid-year Annual process with quarterly Number of times and frequency occurring reactively when checkpoint to assess review and refreshes based on at which a process is executed business issues arise performance and areas for performance, competitive Number of iterations required improvement or retirement actions, and in some cases before process is complete technology changes or pilot decision points. Process Inputs A strategic marketing plan exists The process inputs include Extensive customer attributes Data, intentions, objectives, here. strategic brand and product and customer value analysis are materials, information, events, Other than historical customer plans. collected, along with forward outputs from other processes, behavior, there is limited Customer data is available and looking customer insights and etc. customer insight within the used in strategy process though near real time customer purchase process inputs. may be dated due to systems behavior data, logistics cost and constraints or inadequate service inputs. analysis capability, logistics cost Inputs include strategic category, and service inputs. brand, product and innovation Customer data is available and plans. used in strategy process though may be dated due to systems constraints or inadequate analysis capability, logistics cost and service inputs. Process Outputs The guidelines of the sales force Customer strategy defined by Customer strategy is defined at Decisions, status, events, actions, Customer strategy is broadly customer segment along with the segment and cluster level, information, materials, finished defined and not detailed at growth targets and measurement with growth targets and sources, product, etc., resulting from the customer segment level expectations value contribution, and process. Overall customer growth is Channel strategy that includes measurement approach identified, but little to no channel roles, channel operating articulated in the strategy. measurement approach is guidelines, financial targets, Channel strategy includes included performance KPI's, and resource channel roles, cross channel Channel strategy that includes allocation integration components, financial targets by channel and Prioritized sales-force guidelines financial targets, resource resource allocation/prioritization including market goals and allocations, performance by channel approach as well as surrounding calendar and KPIs, channel Broadly defined sales-force logistics service levels standards and channel leadership guidelines roles. Prioritized sales-force guidelines include market goals and approach as well as surrounding logistics service levels Process Automation Little automation, other than ad- Customer feedback captured via Customer feedback is captured Level of automation or tools used hoc customer reports or manual online tools and incorporated via online tools and incorporated to shape, enable or execute the customer surveys into the strategy development into the strategy development process. Limited automation for historical process process. performance analysis Automation used for historical Common online templates are performance analysis and limited used across groups to capture forecasting of future channel customer centric ideas. performance Select channel Sophisticated automation is used KPI's are automated for capture for modeling of channel and tracking. performance and optimization, including integrated channel performance and channel sensitivities. Workflows are in place to make a seamless connection between parties involved in the strategy formulation process. Process Integration There are limited integration The strategy is developed in The corporate strategy processes Level of integration the process points across the organization; parallel with corporate strategy are integrated and provide has with other processes, strategy is set and cascaded areas and influences strategic customer centric systems, tools or third parties down through the organization outcomes. direction/context for all strategic inconsistently. development areas. Customer growth, loyalty and satisfaction are tied to group and individual incentives for performance and are compared against strategy. Capability Area - Demand Generation Integrated Marketing Strategy Process Participation The marketing group Participants include the The sales, operations and supply Who participates in the process marketing group which have chain functions of the company execution/approval formal interaction with are totally integrated into the customers, supply chain, marketing plan definition procurement and sales groups processes (sharing information and people knowledge is natural, making an integrated decision flow that takes into account all perspectives and has high quality integration with other processes). The marketing group leads and facilitates the process to get the best from all areas and to promote a marketing plan that is integrated with the company strategy, financial plans and all other company objectives. Process Creation The marketing plan is mainly Incorporates high-level and Process creation is a cross- How the process gets executed developed using basic metrics formal company strategy and functional process between Points that serve as (as sales %: last year x this year), financial plans marketing, merchandising, sales differentiators in process based on a cost perspective and Clear positioning and and operation and supply chain. capability and sophistication linked to strategy in an intuitive communication consistency The marketing plan ROI (return across the scale way (not formal). builds long-term brand image. on investment) is optimized with Most events are driven on a The overall sales performance of usage of econometric tools (e.g. short-term basis. specific events is evaluated. competitive cause and effect There is little co-ordination of The focus is on constructing the modeling). events to optimize the marketing company image and contributing All areas are involved in the calendar. to the sales margin increase. marketing plan; socializing data Coordination between different insights and people knowledge formats exists to avoid marketing that may contribute to marketing conflicts (e.g. two campaigns to plan development and same public in the same vehicle). implementation. Focus on “contact point management”, where the contact point is the single target of a communication. Investments are targeted on cost per targeted contact point. Process Frequency A yearly market plan is A yearly market plan with A yearly marketing plan with Number of times and frequency constructed once and revised on periodic scheduled reviews periodic scheduled reviews. at which a process is executed an ad-hoc basis (with no clear Ad-hoc reviews are executed Ad-hoc reviews are based on Number of iterations required criteria to define reviews). when needed structured processes to capture before process is complete Criteria for reviews are well changes in internal (e.g. financial established (e.g., financial targets target achievement) or external not achieved, company strategy (e.g. competition, customer changes, etc.) requirements and vendors' opportunities) environments. Process Inputs Process inputs include category, Process inputs include category, Same as progressive, plus micro Data, intentions, objectives, brand and customer strategy, brand, customer and shopper market inputs to tailor marketing materials, information, events, along with the prior year's strategy along with the prior efforts at localized levels. outputs from other processes, etc. marketing plan as well as new year's marketing plan. product launches. Major new product launches, financial plans, customer insight formats and portfolio strategy are also process inputs. Process Outputs A yearly plan is constructed A yearly plan that considers The process outputs Include Decisions, status, events, actions, based on intuitive criteria and high-level company strategies return on investment perspective information, materials, finished basic metrics (e.g. percent of and synergies, and sets a clear and considers seasonality (media product, etc., resulting from the sales), without taking into and consistent plan for long-term cost by time of the year, market process. account synergies (e.g. TV image construction elasticity by period). Market planning and other types of It includes event objectives and plan is aligned with category actions). targets and differentiates roles, brand/format/portfolio The process outputs include a between geographies and/or strategy and financial plan basic year marketing plan channels (marketing plan as an output to without detail (mainly with financial plan). events, and dates). Process Automation This is mainly a manual process. Tools to calculate marketing Complete event planning tools Level of automation or tools used return on investment are are used to incorporate the to shape, enable or execute the available and used. learning of the econometric process. Econometric analysis tools are analysis in the event planning used to understand the process. differential impact of the various Elements of pricing and components in the marketing advertising are integrated in the mix. same models and optimization is BI/data mining tools are used to made on an event level facilitate data analysis and the considering the optimal return of basic marketing dashboard is discounts and media activity. available (planned x real). A complete marketing dashboard is available with all needed metrics for monitoring media execution, sales, budget usage, etc. Process Integration Integration is limited to the Coordination with financial plan The market plan is aligned with Level of integration the process strategic definition level. is integrated. company strategy (brand, has with other processes, There is some level of portfolio, etc.), sales, supply systems, tools or third parties integration with sales, chain and financial plans. merchandising, supply chain and Strong process documentation main vendors' marketing shows all integration points with initiatives. other processes and integration with customers to the extent possible. Data insights and people knowledge are taken in to consideration (made part of the construction and decision process “DNA”). Capability Area - Demand Generation Consumer Marketing Operations and Execution Process Participation The main participation comes The marketing group engages in The marketing group engages in Who participates in the process from the marketing and formal interaction with the formal interaction with execution/approval advertising groups. There is customers, supply chain, customers, supply chain, extensive media agency support procurement and sales groups procurement and sales groups. in the execution of the process. Vendors are included at the forefront of the planning stages. Process Creation The marketing group executes The marketing plan is executed The marketing plan is executed How the process gets executed the marketing plan. There is by marketing group, with by the marketing group, with Points that serve as extensive media or public involvement of the involvement of the differentiators in process relations support. Public communications group for public communications group for public capability and sophistication relations, events and relations activities. Public relations activities. Messages to across the scale sponsorships promote the relations, events and sponsorship consumers are targeted on brands corporate image rather than the groups are used to promote both and products, with all marketing brands or products. Execution is the corporate image and brand channels being used in an often at the local level with awareness. The central integrated way. limited head-quarter involvement marketing group monitors the Central marketing and local activities. advertising groups have control over all advertising conducted in the enterprise in order to ensure standards are met. Process Frequency Iterations are ongoing while Iterations are ongoing and Iterations are ongoing and Number of times and frequency revisions are conducted on an according to plan, with according to plan, with at which a process is executed ad-hoc basis and without clear periodically scheduled reviews. periodically scheduled reviews. Number of iterations required review criteria Reviews are executed on an ad- Reviews are executed on an ad- before process is complete hoc basis. The criteria for hoc basis and according to reviews is well established (e.g. structured processes that are financial targets not achieved, designed to capture changes in company strategy changes, etc.). internal (e.g., financial target achievement) or external (e.g. competition, customer requirements, vendor opportunities) environments. Process Inputs This pertains to the consumer Same as basic, plus: Same as progressive, plus events Data, intentions, objectives, marketing plan and includes the Events briefings related detailed sales forecast materials, information, events, events calendar, events to be Past events sales and margin and margin outputs from other processes, etc. advertised, type of advertising, and products/prices to be advertised (where applicable). Process Outputs Executed consumer marketing Executed consumer marketing Executed consumer marketing Decisions, status, events, actions, plan with some performance plan with execution reports and plan with execution reports and information, materials, finished measures comprehensive performance maximized $ spent on activities product, etc., resulting from the measurement routinely in place compared to reach/frequency process. Amended customer development achieved for specific target plan with activities to capture audience shoppers Amended Customer and Channel development plan with activities aiming to capture shoppers. Process Automation Mainly manual processes exist The advertising planning process Analytical tools for marketing Level of automation or tools used here. is conducted using basic activities and advertising to shape, enable or execute the analytical tools, such as storage planning are relied on heavily. process. tools, (e.g. image database). Detailed reporting is performed The approval process is on media auditing KPI's. supported by system Workflows are in place to functionalities. seamlessly connect parties involved in the consumer marketing execution processes. Process Integration Little integration exists with Process activities, Process activities, Level of integration the process other processes (mainly with the responsibilities and timelines are responsibilities and timelines are has with other processes, marketing plan to get the established and well known by established and well known by systems, tools or third parties products and prices that should all areas (marketing planning, all areas (marketing planning, be advertised). agencies, merchandising, supply agencies, merchandising, supply chain, sales and customers). chain, sales and customers). Workflow tools help to achieve Workflow tools help to achieve integration and managing integration and manage deadlines. deadlines. Strong process documentation shows how all integration points relate to other processes. Process Participation Main participation is from the The global and local sales groups The global and local sales groups Who participates in the process local or regional sales group, are supported by merchandising are supported by the execution/approval with finance involvement where and marketing teams. merchandising and marketing needed. The involvement of the finance teams. group occurs where needed. The involvement of the finance group occurs where needed. Capability Area - Demand Generation Trade Marketing Operations and Execution Process Participation Main participation is from the The global and local sales groups The global and local sales groups Who participates in the process local or regional sales group, with are supported by merchandising are supported by merchandising execution/approval finance involvement where and marketing teams. and marketing teams. needed. The involvement of the finance The involvement of the finance group occurs where needed. group occurs where needed. Process Creation The marketing group defines The marketing group defines The marketing group defines How the process gets executed promotions, manages pricing and promotions, manages pricing and promotions, manages pricing and Points that serve as develops the point of sales develops the point of sales develops the point of sales differentiators in process materials. materials. materials. capability and sophistication The sales group lists SKU's with The sales group lists products Sales groups negotiate with across the scale buyers at the highest level (with with buyers, offering limited buyer trade terms, shelf space, no attention to space, assortment negotiation on space, assortment assortment and range per specific and range). ‘ and range. outlet clusters and buyers. Merchandisers are occasionally Merchandisers are activated Partnering options for co- activated. upfront for specific promotions funding of promotions are explored with buyers. Merchandisers play an integral role in the monitoring of trade promotion activities within the trade. Scrupulous performance and ROI (return on investment) monitoring is in place. Process Frequency Ongoing and according to plan, Ongoing and according to plan, Ongoing and according to plan, Number of times and frequency with revisions on an ad-hoc basis with periodically scheduled with periodically scheduled at which a process is executed and without clear review criteria reviews reviews. Number of iterations required Ad-hoc reviews are executed Ad-hoc review process is based before process is complete when needed. on structured processes to Criteria for reviews are well capture changes in internal (e.g., established (e.g. financial targets financial target achievement) or are not achieved, company external (e.g. competition, strategy changes, etc.). customer requirements, vendor opportunities) environments Process Inputs Trade marketing plan includes: Same as basic, plus: Same as progressive, plus: Data, intentions, objectives, Activity calendar, point of sales Activity briefings, and past Activity related detailed sales materials, information, events, materials requirements and activity sales and margin forecast and margin outputs from other processes, etc. associated logistics Process Outputs Executed trade-marketing plan Executed trade-marketing plan Executed trade-marketing plan Decisions, status, events, actions, with some performance with execution reports and with execution reports and information, materials, finished measures comprehensive performance maximized $ spent on activities product, etc., resulting from the measurement routinely in place compared to reach/frequency process. achieved for specific target audience Process Automation Mainly manual processes Activity planning is done using Heavy use of analytical tools for Level of automation or tools used basic analytical tools. activity planning to shape, enable or execute the Sales force automation tools Detailed reporting on trade process. include event planning promotion effectiveness is in place capabilities Sales force Automation tools are Approval processes are integrated with a Trade supported by system Promoton managent tools, functionalities. ensuring a “closed loop” promotion process Workflows are in place to seamlessly connect parties involved in the consumer marketing execution processes Process Integration Little integration with other Process activities, Process activities, Level of integration the process processes (mainly with responsibilities and timelines are responsibilities and timelines are has with other processes, marketing) established and well known by established and well known by systems, tools or third parties all areas (marketing planning, all areas (marketing planning, merchandising, supply chain, merchandising, supply chain, sales and customers). sales and customers). Workflow tools help to achieve Workflow tools help to achieve integration and managing integration and managing deadlines. deadlines Finance has visibility on the budget burn rate and allocation Strong process documentation show all integration points with other processes. Capability Area - Demand Generation Sales Operations and Execution Process Participation Participants are sales and Participants are sales and Participants are sales and Who participates in the process merchandising groups. merchandising groups, supported merchandising groups, driven by execution/approval by key account management. category and brand managers and supported by key account management. Process Creation Sales planning is conducted with Sales planning is conducted with Sales planning is conducted How the process gets executed a top down approach. a combined top down and using sophisticated demand Points that serve as Distributors are historical bottom up approach. forecasting models. differentiators in process partners. Distributors are managed in line Distributors are managed in line capability and sophistication Sales force manages customer with the route to market strategy with the route to market strategy across the scale information, queries and and objectives. and objectives. complaints as well as orders and A customer service center is in Sales teams are organized and returns. place to collect and manage managed according to Customer data is updated on an customer information, queries, channel/customer potential ad hoc basis (e.g. when wrong complaints, orders and feedback. Customer and consumer contact data prevents invoicing or Warranties, returns and product centers are both inbound and delivery of products). recalls are managed by the QA outbound and play an integral group. part in the proactive sales and marketing processes. Warranties, returns and product recalls including communications and logistics are coordinated by the sales organization Process Frequency Process frequency is ongoing. Process frequency is ongoing. Process frequency is ongoing. Number of times and frequency at which a process is executed Number of iterations required before process is complete Process Inputs The trade marketing plans The trade marketing plans, sales Process inputs include channel, Data, intentions, objectives, forecasts and/or objectives. customer and shopper strategy, materials, information, events, trade marketing plans, sales outputs from other processes, etc. forecasts and/or objectives. Process Outputs Process outputs are sales Process outputs are sales Process outputs are sales Decisions, status, events, actions, operation and execution. operation and execution. operation and execution. information, materials, finished product, etc., resulting from the process. Process Automation The process is mainly manual Order management is supported The IT (information technology) Level of automation or tools used processes. Orders are often paper by ERP's (enterprise resources platforms are integrated with to shape, enable or execute the based. Customer specific plans), with on-line ordering customers, providing stock process. information is prepared by sales capabilities deployed to visibility and pre-set back-office for sales force using customers. replenishment capabilities. office tools (Excel, Word, etc.). The sales-force is equipped with The sales-force is equipped with mobile devices with direct access mobile devices with direct access to CRM data. to CRM (customer relationship The call-center technologies management) data, customer must support in-bound and out- statistics and trade promotion bound telesales processes. management The call-center technologies must support in-bound and out- bound telesales processes Process Integration There is little integration with Process activities, Process activities, Level of integration the process other processes (mainly with responsibilities and timelines are responsibilities and timelines are has with other processes, marketing). established and well known by established and well known by systems, tools or third parties all areas (marketing planning, all areas (marketing planning, merchandising, supply chain, merchandising, supply chain, sales and customers). sales and customers). There are workflow tools in Order to Cash is executed place helping to achieve seamlessly throughout the integration and managing organization deadlines. There are workflow tools in place to help achieve integration and managing deadlines. Strong process documentation shows all integration points with other processes. DEMAND SYNCHRONIZATION Capability Area - Demand Synchronization Integrated Demand and Supply Planning Process Participation Supply Chain and other Supply Chain and other Supply Chain and other Who participates in the process functional managers. Other functional managers. functional managers, Third party execution/approval functional managers participate Participation of other functions is providers are called for special in an unstructured and ad hoc continuous and is not restricted information gathering or policy fashion. to a few meetings. communication Unclear accountability. Function Supply Chain and other Participants fully understand the which creates statistical forecast functions (Marketing, Sales, processes within their group and signs-off Finance and Operations) sign-off the integration of these with on one number forecast other groups as well as customers and vendors. Function with overall profit/loss responsibility has forecast sign- off. Accountability across enterprise boundaries Process Creation Ad hoc meetings between key A more formal cross-functional Proactive formal meetings held How the process gets executed impacted functions held in a S&OP process exists. Managers between all functional teams Points that serve as reactive or fire-fighting mode. from several functions (e.g. across the extended supply differentiators in process All analysis conducted manually Marketing, Sales, Finance, New chain. capability and sophistication using spreadsheet based tools. Product Development, Scenario, what-if and across the scale No what-if analysis capability is Operations) play an equal part in optimization analysis capability available. decision-making is used, based on profit and An informal S&OP (Sales and Proactive formal meetings held similar drivers. Operations Planning) process between core functional teams. S&OP process designed to (1) exists where decisions are made Scenario and what-if analysis facilitate senior management based upon partial facts and with capability is used, based mainly review of demand and supply one function typically on cost and gross sales drivers. plans and (2) provide a forum influencing others where business decisions (which will balance supply and demand processes) can be agreed upon Process Frequency Quarterly, with few iterations - Annual plans with quarterly Annual planning with quarterly Number of times and frequency reconciling past with present revisions and monthly reviews revisions and monthly reviews at which a process is executed needs. Usually few revisions are focused on what-if scenarios and Number of iterations required made. optimization analyses. before process is complete Continuous reduction of costs and improved service by analyzing and adapting the fulfillment infrastructure to meet changes in market and geographic demand. Process Inputs Multiple operating plans are used One agreed plan used to drive One integrated plan is used to Data, intentions, objectives, to drive business activities and business activities - however drive all business activities - materials, information, events, actions. some functions still use with no other plans developed or outputs from other processes, etc. Forecast based on actual sales or additional plans tracked. shipment history for existing Forecast is integrated with sales Integration of real-time demand product and customer input information (based on Point of No sales force input into the Baseline statistical forecast Sale data) forecast generated using demand history Collaborative improvement of Forecasting by different that most closely resembles forecast with customers functional areas “Customer Demand” (integrated feedback loop) Market trends and promotions marketing, sales, operations, etc. incorporated Utilization of 3rd party Exception based forecast syndicated market information management for promotion impacts Process Outputs Plans for sales (volumes, by Integrated sales and operations Fully integrated sales and Decisions, status, events, actions, channel, brand and category) and plans, medium to longer term operations plans (only one information, materials, finished for supply chain management needs for capacity increases, integrated plan for the company), product, etc., resulting from the (demand, inventory levels, recommendations for “renting” long term needs for capacity process. supply coverage), basic make/ external capacity (warehouse, increases, recommendations for buy decisions for key products transportation, production), etc. “renting” external capacity for the short term. Multiple views of the same (warehouse, transportation, Multiple forecasts exist for forecast are available (e.g., in production), financial impacts on different functions (e.g., Finance, tons for manufacturing, $ for trade-offs, etc. Sales, Production, etc.) sales) and product, customer and Consensus forecast across S&OP meeting results are geographical hierarchies are used functions collected and published in S&OP meeting results are S&OP meeting results analyzed consistent ways. published and show trends in in different ways depending on place as well as comments. problems to be addressed or improvement programs implemented. Process Automation Data is maintained and reported Data is maintained and sourced Data is maintained and sourced Level of automation or tools used using desktop based tools such from ERP applications and from ERP applications and to shape, enable or execute the as MS Excel and ad hoc MS reported using a mix of desktop reported using a web enabled process. Access applications. tools and ERP reporting tools, integrated planning workbench. Statistical forecasting tools are Multiple algorithms simulated to Use statistical correlations not available or are highly create a “best-fit” forecast between POS data tracked at the rudimentary Statistical techniques are well top key accounts and total Sell- Forecasting techniques are understood by users; Correlation Through largely judgmental versus between demand for substitute ABC classification and demand statistical and complementary products is planning horizon used to balance Limited systems support and evaluated effort and value flexibility to provide different Lag analysis is applied to Expert systems, Econometrics or views of the forecast (i.e., understand impact of events on Neural networks used to generate aggregation levels, time buckets, demand and evaluate strategic forecasts time horizons, sales divisions, Basic understanding of causal Integrated software ensures etc.) factors integration across all planning Forecast systems can be adjusted functions by allowing everyone to account for special events and to work from the same promotions information with little delays Both original forecast and caused by interfacing adjusted forecast can be Collaborative Forecasting with tracked/stored for performance Customers through use of monitoring collaborative planning software via Internet capabilities Process Integration No integrated planning Integrated planning seen as an Integrated planning embedded Level of integration the process capability per se to integrate into essential addition to business as into organizational operating has with other processes, the organization. usual. processes to the extent that it is systems, tools or third parties Multiple systems used for Forecasting, supply planning and part of business as usual. forecasting, planning and execution systems are integrated Forecasting, supply planning and execution are not integrated execution systems are integrated Online access to forecast Consensus forecast available via internet to suppliers and other external partners Capability Area - Demand Synchronization Product Lifecycle Management Process Participation Chief marketing officer and Chief marketing officer and C-level (CIO, CFO, CEO)/ Who participates in the process marketing group, with review by marketing group with inputs executive team collaboration execution/approval CEO and/or board of directors from sales and production facilitated by Chief marketing Independent program groups, Review by c-level (CIO, officer and/or Chief Sales management body CFO, CEO)/executive team and Officer, Review by board of board of directors directors Heavy-weight program Program management leadership to drive change, with established as a career milestone, visible senior executive support with appropriate reward structure Very senior executives act as Team incentives based on “Godfathers”, or sponsors, for program performance specific projects Process Creation Workflow and process Establishment of a Product Continuous improvement How the process gets executed documentation in place Definition Stage, in which all program documented and Points that serve as requirements are spelled out and executed differentiators in process agreed to R&D undertaken as part of a capability and sophistication Use of stage-gates to control holistic strategic framework across the scale processes and make go/no-go decisions Process Frequency Annual plans, with ad hoc Annual plans with quarterly Annual planning with defined Number of times and frequency review during the year reviews and defined stage gates stage gates and monthly reviews at which a process is executed Number of iterations required before process is complete Process Inputs Market requirements and risk Product line strategy dictates Product strategy aligned to Data, intentions, objectives, considered when making product split of product development supply chain capabilities materials, information, events, line decisions resources into new product Customer ability to design outputs from other processes, etc. Targeted customer input to projects, platform projects, and specific elements or whole define product/solution needs maintenance projects system through largely Customer requirements and Extensive, direct customer configurable input feedback stored as documents interaction in defining Structured, closed loop customer product/solution programs and collaboration throughout product requirements lifecycle, through focus groups Senior level customer and advisory councils engagement in program reviews Customer requirements and Customer requirements and feedback looped into new feedback stored as knowledge product development linked to corresponding products, systems, and parts Process Outputs Product focused definition and Formal business case Creation of robust product and Decisions, status, events, actions, prioritization of customer development for recommended market entry strategy information, materials, finished requirements initiatives and prioritization of Requirements are analyzed product, etc., resulting from the Funds based on needs and risk requirements across the entire portfolio to process. sharing Business objectives are ensure that the needs of market determined by project for niches will be met incremental and radical R&D Process Automation Process modeling using existing System level simulation and System level and modular Level of automation or tools used manufacturing process prototyping simulation and prototyping to shape, enable or execute the Simulation used on a one-off NPI (New Product Introduction) NPI tools extended to supplier process. basis tools fully integrated with ERP and vendor partners system Process Integration Limited communication between Sales and marketing visibility to Tight integration between sales Level of integration the process Marketing and R&D, Supply R&D, supply chain, and marketing, supply chain and has with other processes, Chain, Manufacturing manufacturing data, and vice manufacturing, including systems, tools or third parties versa collaborative workflow Design for supply chain Design optimized for total (production and distribution) lifecycle cost constraints, manufacturability, Strategic sourcing decisions are quality and regulatory part of the product development compliance process Two-way dialog regarding Product designs take into manufacturing requirements and account customer requirements supplier capabilities Validation of supplier capacity and production processes occurs Capability Area - Demand Synchronization Portfolio Optimization Process Participation Chief marketing officer and Chief marketing officer and C-level (CIO, CFO, CEO)/ Who participates in the process marketing group, with review by marketing group with inputs executive team collaboration execution/approval CEO and/or board of directors from sales and supply chain, facilitated by Chief marketing Review by c-level (CIO, CFO, officer and/or Chief Sales CEO)/executive team and board Officer, Review by board of of directors directors Process Creation Product portfolio management Partially structured approach to Product portfolio management How the process gets executed decisions based on intuition product portfolio management, approached in a disciplined, Points that serve as rather than evidence and analysis with frequent but static product scientific manner. Decisions differentiators in process of product profitability. profitability analysis and based on constant product capability and sophistication Product expansion and tracking. profitability analysis and across the scale refreshment ad hoc and Activities to manage product tracking. opportunistic. Retirement does across lifecycle; often based on Active management of product not occur until product is losing intuition with periodic over its life cycle. Expansions money. refreshments. and refreshments planned. Process Frequency Addressed in an ad-hoc manner Portfolio optimization is done Portfolio optimization is done Number of times and frequency annually, with a mid-year annually, with quarterly refreshes at which a process is executed checkpoint for revision. or adjustments based on current Number of iterations required performance, forecast, before process is complete competitor actions, and market trend data. Process Inputs Inputs include business portfolio Inputs include portfolio planning Inputs include portfolio planning Data, intentions, objectives, matrik and key prioritized with key businesses financial with key business units, strategic materials, information, events, businesses prospects. targets, business unit roles and intent for each of the business outputs from other processes, etc. Limited availability of strategic intent by group of units in the portfolio, financial information about the markets, categories as well as a prioritized targets, and major targets, along customers or partners makes list of prospects. with multi-year view and effective management difficult Significant information about emerging business opportunities. markets, customers and partners Active input from market made available, collated intelligence manually and locally A large volume of market, customer and partner intelligence is collated, analyzed, and made available to aid marketing planning and decision-making Process Outputs Output is the product portfolio Outputs include prioritized Prioritized product portfolio Decisions, status, events, actions, product portfolio matrix matrix, with continuous measure information, materials, finished of product performance product, etc., resulting from the process. Process Automation No automation is used in the Some automation used to Automation is used to perform Level of automation or tools used process, other than presentation perform basic analytics, along business performance modeling to shape, enable or execute the software and system reports. with system reports and and simulation, comparative data process. presentation software. and trend analysis, forecasting, Access DB/Excel financial and financial analysis. models Constraint-based planning with real-time input from Product Creation and other systems, Profitability and Process Metric reports across product lines Process Integration Little to no integration with other Integrated with sales, production Portfolio planning is integrated Level of integration the process functions and supply chain functions with other functional areas such has with other processes, Lack of clear buy-in to the Informal buy-in to the business' as production, supply chain, systems, tools or third parties portfolio management strategy. portfolio management strategy, commercial etc. to optimize Business is decentralized and but no formalized structure to business unit roles and target departments operate with a high control the activities of different performance. degree of independence. departments, channels and Business-wide buy-in to the partners portfolio management strategy, with a high level of coordination across business lines, channels and partners Capability Area - Demand Synchronization Route to Market Process Participation Sales and Marketing function Sales and Marketing jointly drive Sales, Supply Chain and Who participates in the process primarily, with CEO taking the Route to Market strategy Marketing drive Route to Market execution/approval final decisions Supply Chain supports the and Portfolio strategy process marginally Brand Managers involved in new product route to market Process Creation Limited analysis undertaken, Moderate amount of analysis Extensive advanced analysis How the process gets executed with a view to tailoring offerings conducted to tailor offerings to undertaken to provide products, Points that serve as to specific markets or customer perceived needs of target services and treatments in line differentiators in process groups markets. with the business strategy; capability and sophistication Limited ability to serve Some understanding of the value process provides consistent across the scale customers through the most of different channels, but limited repeatable approach commercially appropriate ability to take the appropiate Clear strategy to interact with channel action no maximize business customers through the channels returns which will provide a differentiated customer experience, and build a lasting and mutually profitable relationship Process Frequency One-time. Review only when Annual with informal reviews, Reviewed on a regular basis to Number of times and frequency new businesses or products are primarily as a result of ensure continuing fit at which a process is executed added performance issues Number of iterations required before process is complete Process Inputs Route to Market based on Based on some basic analysis of Based on a clear data-driven Data, intentions, objectives, historical performance market trends understanding of likely future materials, information, events, Lack of insight to drive business Some application of customer market conditions. outputs from other processes, etc. decisions and actions. understanding to drive business Fully integrated, insight-driven decisions and actions process to incorporate customer and market intelligence into route to market decisions, and track market results. Process Outputs All customers/channels offered Customized services and Targeted product/service Decisions, status, events, actions, same services/products - products for each customer offerings delivered with clear information, materials, finished offering not tailored to the needs group/channel based on fact- value propositions for targeted product, etc., resulting from the and budget of the based analysis customer groups, prioritized based process. customer/channel on market opportunity, competitive presence, and vendor capability Process Automation No documentation of Some documentation of Documented process is Level of automation or tools used processes/approach processes/approaches communicated and enforced to shape, enable or execute the across the entire business, process. promoting consistency Process Integration Minimal formal interaction Limited collaboration between Extensive ongoing collaboration Level of integration the process between Sales, Marketing and Sales, Marketing and Supply between Sales, Marketing and has with other processes, Supply Chain Chain functions other functions systems, tools or third parties DEMAND FULFILLMENT Capability Area - Demand Fulfillment Supply Chain Strategy and Execution Process Participation Limited involvement of Consumer analysis, market Involvement of key functional Who participates in the process functional areas apart from analysis, competitor analysis and areas: Sales and Marketing execution/approval Supply Chain base lining completed with (market trends and channels supply chain organization using perspectives), Customer Service comparative, internal (customer demands), Finance benchmarks. (cost auditing), IT (high level technical architecture) and Logistics with Supply chain organization using comparative best-in-class external/internal benchmarks Extensive collaboration with customers and suppliers, extending planning both upstream and downstream. Recognizing the importance of talent and career development to optimize resource utilization. Process Creation Ad-hoc, standalone SC SC “strategy” processes are less End to end approach (Total cost How the process gets executed “strategy” process more focused focused on financial approach) with SC “strategy” Points that serve as on financial/budget objectives objectives/budget and more on processes integrated with other differentiators in process than capability development required capabilities organizational processes. capability and sophistication Strategic planning process is Strategies include some Strategies start from the across the scale more internally focused. customer perspective, but not customer and work backwards Customer requirements, if integrated into formal planning into organization and suppliers discussed, are limited to fill-rate process Integrated “roadmap” which and service levels Increased emphasis on annual paints a clear picture of current “Disconnect” between strategy performance planning and SC performance, key and execution strategy is a defining a “high level roadmap” improvement objectives, and “one time effort” to get there milestones action plan 2-3 years out Limited focus on “big picture”, Focus on operational excellence Strategic intent translated into focused on making plan or defined action plans, monitored meeting performance objectives to ensure execution quarter by quarter. Continuous improvement - significant emphasis on six sigma, TQM, analyze issues, define root cause, and take corrective actions Planning for and responding well to disruptions and opportunities. Focus on building solutions for tomorrow's problems today Process Frequency Executed every year Formal supply chain strategy Formal supply chain strategy Number of times and frequency Focused on upcoming fiscal year/ planning process every 2-3 years planning process as part of at which a process is executed budget Execution on a continual basis annual business planning cycle Number of iterations required Focused on 2-3 year horizon; before process is complete where company needs to be in order to execute business plan Potential review when relevant new aspects appear (e.g. M&A, significant changes in sales trends) Execution on a continual basis Process Inputs Last year's results, financial Current information and strategic Projected information and Data, intentions, objectives, objectives, historical vision along with historical strategic vision along with materials, information, events, product/segment trends. information. organizational potential and outputs from other processes, etc. Data not easily accessible Weekly reconciliation of similar capability requirements. Data accuracy procedures not in data elements across systems at Industry Best Practices and use (e.g., root cause analysis, all levels Benchmark data also serve as a reconciliation/tie-out process) Key customer/market crucial input. Multiple sources exist for the requirements are identified but Key customer/market same data element not aligned to required requirements are aligned to new capabilities and existing supply chain Synchronized data entities across capabilities systems and enterprises (naming All data available as required in standards, formatting, internal the desired format data usage) Process Outputs Copy of last year's plans and Updated plans based on current Forward looking plans based on Decisions, status, events, actions, output revised to reflect market conditions and strategic projected market conditions and information, materials, finished performance objectives. plan. strategic opportunities as well as product, etc., resulting from the Completed execution process Completed execution process the potential of the organization. process. with rudimentary inputs into the Completed execution process supply chain plans with detailed inputs into the supply chain plans. A detailed comparison with best in class process and delineation of possible go forwards with specific thrust areas. Process Automation Processes completed by Process completed with Process completed with zero- Level of automation or tools used individuals with spreadsheets, integrated groupware and based plans that begin with an to shape, enable or execute the email and paper. workflow tools. understanding of customer needs process. Data has not been aligned to Fast follower of new and value drivers, organizational perform integrated planning technologies and competitor strengths and (e.g., consistent coding for Outsourcing is considered but is weaknesses and forward-looking products, locations, etc.) not thoroughly understood as a trends. Operational modeling Late adopter of new technologies process alternative. tools used to evaluate numerous Wait for economically affordable scenarios. Baselines developed innovations based on the full potential of the organization. Leading edge technologies applied (RFID and sensors) . Drive others to adopt (e.g. Wal-Mart and RFID) Outsourcing solutions understood and considered. Successful approaches immediately communicated and deployed synchronously on a global basis. Process Integration Linkage between research, Relationship between consumer Supply chain transaction Level of integration the process baselines and plans is unclear. trends, market trends and processing systems, web-based has with other processes, Processes are integrated loosely competitor capabilities is EDI, workflow tools, analytic systems, tools or third parties based on the knowledge of a few articulated in process tools, and often data warehouses individuals. Meetings include manager-level are used. Supply Chain Process does not personnel from Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain participants from incorporate all relevant functions and Forecasting; Production and all relevant organizations each of the organization - Marketing, Finance are not represented having the authority to make key Production, Sales, Finance, Selective partnerships with decision and to commit his/her Logistics, Forecasting customers and suppliers functional groups to resolve Little to no partnering with Captured operational transaction issues customers and suppliers data is incorporated into Shared business processes, planning processes people and performance metrics used to optimize cross- organizational supply chains Leveraging their tools, processes and operating models extensively to enable companies to focus on higher-value planning activities Partner with customers and suppliers to integrate information into IT systems and processes seamlessly Capability Area - Demand Fulfillment Sourcing and Procurement Strategy and Execution Process Participation Buyers or purchasing employees Purchasing employees with Purchasing leaders with Who participates in the process without complete accountability responsibility for process authority, responsibility and execution/approval and have little input to performance identified accountability for process procurement and sourcing consistently across business improvement are identified. strategy. units. Purchasing leaders are held Managing supplier relationships Buyers and other purchasing accountable to identify and cost is left to the purchasing director- employees work directly with justify improvement initiatives. level resources. Buyers have warehouses and inbound quality Leaders fully understand little interaction with vendors assurance. Buyers are processes within their group and until purchasing contracts are empowered to select vendors and the integration of these with established. are provided with specific, vendors and other internal guiding principles for operating groups. Buyers and other this way. employees work with vendors and their internal groups. Formal strategic category planning process in collaboration with key business owners for all main spend areas Conduct procurement development actions in a way that considers the extended talent network of procurement. Among supply chain masters, procurement has played a material role in the design/development of 58 percent of the company's products, compared with 28 percent among lower performers Process Creation Procurement strategy and Processes were created Processes are viewed as part of How the process gets executed planning processes have been collaboratively and are kept an overall “value equation” that Points that serve as around for a long time and were current.Buyers are integrated creates value for customers. differentiators in process inherited. They are included in in to procurement strategy and Process owners are fully capability and sophistication an SOP document that is planning processes. Processes accountable across the scale probably no longer used. are documented in a shared Processes are documented and Buyers focus on tactical repository and are accessible to automated through a workflow execution rather than on all participants. system or automated process. performance optimization. Buyers operate without full Category management is Supplier selection criteria based spectrum of information and centrally managed and has on price and quality base decisions on relationships specialists in cost modeling. rather than on cost competitive Reduced number of suppliers factors in some cases. selected by strategic Key Reduced number of suppliers Performance Indicators (KPIs) selected by strategic Key with emphasis placed on Performance Indicators (KPIs) supplier's willingness/ability to Differentiate between supplier develop long-term strategic segments and have clear relationship strategies for each segment For supply chain masters, the Long-term strategic supplier procurement function controls 92 relationships percent of controllable spend, compared with just 36 percent at lower performers Process Frequency Processes are executed on a Measurement processes are Processes executed as Number of times and frequency semi-regular basis with arbitrary executed frequently enough to continuous flow or as frequently at which a process is executed frequency based on financial provide process owners with as is needed Number of iterations required reporting periods. information needed. Business is able to react quickly before process is complete Processes are generally left Purchasing processes to changes and optimize unrevised. occasionally revised every purchasing cost dynamics. several years with new project or systems implementation. Process Inputs Inputs include basic data needed Inputs include data needed for Inputs include relevant and Data, intentions, objectives, for P.O. entry and do not effective procurement decision- supporting data and all data materials, information, events, empower buyers to improve making including product necessary to understand outputs from other processes, etc. business performance. requirements, alternatives, underlying needs as well as any Processes are not integrated with specifications and quality knowledge the requisitioning upstream or downstream requirements. entity has about the suppliers. activities or groups. Processes are integrated within Buyers and manufacturing the organization. engineers work together with quality groups to ensure optimal results at the best price. Processes are integrated with all upstream activities related to vendors and all receiving/QA processes. Process Outputs Process outputs include basic Process outputs include Process outputs include Decisions, status, events, actions, procurement instructions collaborative decisions made and collaborative decisions as well as information, materials, finished provided to Buyers. guiding principles for Buyers to best practices for delegating data product, etc., resulting from the Procurement execution processes follow. entry activity in order to process. shall include a completed Procurement execution shall empower buyers to improve purchase order include a completed purchase performance along measures order which is registered aligned with the profitability of electronically. the organization. Apart from an electronically registered purchase order, other details like next purchase date (likely), payment details, discounts, etc. are indicated. Among supply chain masters, the ratio between total cost of ownership reduction and procurement operating cost is 10.4, compared with 4.0 among lower performers Process Automation Many aspects of the process are Repetitive tasks have been Process has been automated to Level of automation or tools used completed manually and automated and process is the degree that it is economically to shape, enable or execute the repetitive tasks have not been sufficiently automated to provide worthwhile (e.g. improves process. fully automated. Company timely information. Company financials or quality). Financial typically struggles to collect functions efficiently with evaluations of technology are accurate, meaningful existing technologies that have activity based and account for information. been customized. the time of internal resources. Little or no advanced technology New technologies for automating Leading technologies are used to interface with suppliers catalog “punch-out” purchasing, routinely considered and or in materials planning reverse auctions and other identified for potential to provide workflow enhancements are strategic advantage. being considered for use. Process Integration Traditional in-country Some centers of excellence exist Organization structure tightly Level of integration the process organization design based on to bring together functional aligned to support Operating has with other processes, functional areas (e.g. finance, experts e.g.. Procurement, Model. Balance between systems, tools or third parties logistics, manufacturing) Supply-Chain with some regional and local Dysfunctional anomalies due to regional ownership responsibilities carefully tenure and personality conflicts Information is shared internally considered Information is shared only in the across the whole supply chain Real time Information shared sourcing/procurement function Procurement processes are between supplier and customer which owns the data integrated across organization. systems, including funds Supplier interactions and Success is achieved when transfer, POS data linkages are focused on internal organizational processes Shared business processes, transactional activities function well. people and performance metrics Processes are largely discrete - Key suppliers are incorporated to optimize cross-organizational source of input information is into planning process supply chains not clearly understood. Some strategic/preferred Procurement processes are Relationships are not maintained suppliers identified and integrated across the well with manufacturing, performance management organization and with vendors as receiving as well as quality process in place well as manufacturing and assurance. Processes sub- Vendor performance is measured quality assurance teams. optimized within departmental relative to contracted terms and Processes support development silos. orders requested. of High Performance capabilities Enable a high level of integration with their suppliers and analyze active end-product configurations. Collaborative Supply Planning with suppliers through use of collaborative planning software via Internet capabilities Supply chain masters on average formally manage 72 percent of their supplier base, as compared with 26 percent of lower performers Capability Area - Demand Fulfillment Manufacturing Strategy and Execution Process Participation Includes Production Planners, Includes Production Planners, Includes Production Planners, Who participates in the process Production Schedulers and Production Schedulers, and Production Schedulers, and execution/approval Production Managers. Production Managers. Also Production Managers. Also included are quality managers included are quality managers and production executives. and production executives in addition to shipping and receiving managers. Process Creation Processes have probably been Processes were created or Processes were engineered from How the process gets executed around for a long time and were reengineered collaboratively in the group using best practices Points that serve as inherited. They are likely stored consideration of the “Value and knowledge available in all differentiators in process in an SOP document that is Creation Equation” which areas. Processes are quality capability and sophistication rarely referenced. Process and outlines how the organization centric and every key activity across the scale performance measurement creates value for customers. includes a measure of documentation is considered This aligns with group objectives performance. The processes separate from job descriptions. as well as those of the which are key to the value Virtually no Failover processes organization. creation equation for customers are in place. If there are any, they Failover processes are in place to is staffed with the most talented are not current. handle disaster and recovery. resources. Failover procedures are in place along with redundant systems which help to avoid failover. Have an optimized, global, end- to-end manufacturing model. Process Frequency Processes are executed on a Processes are executed Processes executed as a Number of times and frequency semi-regular basis with arbitrary frequently enough to provide continuous information flow or at which a process is executed frequency. process owners with information as frequently as needed to Number of iterations required Results are published in needed. understand whether improvement before process is complete consistent ways. Results information is published initiatives are effective. in graphical format and is posted Results include root cause and prominently. Pareto analysis useful for identifying ways to improve performance. These also include action plans that are continuously monitored. These are extensively circulated across the organization. Process Inputs Inputs include data needed for Inputs include relevant data and Inputs include relevant, Data, intentions, objectives, measurement procedure as supporting data. supporting data and all data materials, information, events, defined. Data is generally timely and necessary to understand outputs from other processes, etc. This generally does not require accepted as being accurate due to exceptions as well as the most timely data and additional performance measures improvement opportunities. This inaccuracies are accepted leading in place that measure data data supports incorporation of to a general feeling that the accuracy. activities with vendors and measurements may not be Use performance measurement customers. accurate. indicators to proactively address Data proofing is ensured through issues. error-proofing, cross-checks, total-checks and accuracy measurements. Process Outputs Process outputs include regular Process outputs measure Process outputs measured Decisions, status, events, actions, performance reports or defect performance on a 0-100% scale - continuously and graphically as information, materials, finished lists. measuring the successful a % measure of successful events product, etc., resulting from the These are typically distributed to events/the number of and are compared to process. managers and have limited opportunities for success. performance improvements impact. These are shared with all expected to be achieved. managers and supervisors. These integrate with upstream and downstream processes. Collaborative performance measures enable vendors and customers to identify ways to improve their effectiveness. Process Automation Many aspects of the process are Repetitive tasks have been Process has been automated to Level of automation or tools used completed manually and automated and process is the degree that it is economically to shape, enable or execute the repetitive tasks have not been sufficiently automated to provide worthwhile (e.g. improves process. fully automated. timely information. financials or quality). Technology adapted only after Company functions efficiently Leading technologies routinely required for competitive survival with existing technology such as considered and identified for or when an upgrade to an mainframe reports and other potential to provide strategic existing application is made that sources of information. advantage. Value equation of has additional capabilities. Technology not generally business clearly understood and accepted and economics not serves as basis for decision- understood. Leading making. technologies have not been adopted. Process Integration Process steps are integrated Processes are integrated across Processes are integrated across Level of integration the process within the process. Processes organization. Owners understand organizations and with vendors has with other processes, sub-optimized within how process fits in to overall and customers. Understanding systems, tools or third parties departmental silos. value add equation for of stakeholder needs is Source of input information is organization and customers. ubiquitous. Feedback is received not well-understood nor are the Process reporting may be part of continuously. Successes are uses of the outputs. a performance measurement achieved jointly with customers . program for organization. and direct interaction is Adopt lean manufacturing encouraged. principles and extend these to Process supports distinct High their suppliers. Performance capabilities in clearly defined and articulated ways. Process is part of an overall program to become High Performance. Capability Area - Demand Fulfillment Logistics and Fulfillment Strategy and Execution Process Participation Supply Chain and other Supply Chain and other Supply Chain and other Who participates in the process functional managers functional managers, with functional managers, with execution/approval Ownership of all inventory in the information validated/signed information signed off by the VP central stocking locations; little off by the VP of Commercial Commercial. or no vendor collaboration or Some introduction of Vendor Use of VMI with majority of visibility to inventory levels Managed Inventory levels with planning and ownership held by central planning organization vendors; introduction of sharing information with consignment inventory; robust vendors, but still monitoring and collaboration techniques on setting safety stock levels inventory and demand patterns via internet planning tools Process Creation Inventory control with Inventory policies tied directly to Key performance indicators How the process gets executed centralized responsibility and customer service requirements (KPIs) tie inventory management Points that serve as accountability Planning strategy/parameters and practices to desired customer differentiators in process Planning strategy/parameters are inventory policy is set by the service levels capability and sophistication assigned to product segments joint customer-product segments A combination of the CRM across the scale and products. All SKUs for a and SKU. The same product in customer and product product have the same planning different locations have different segmentation is used to drive and parameters. Some planning parameters. establish planning parameters by strategy/parameters are set by Capability to order promise, such SKU-Customer combination. general policy. as Available to Promise (ATP) or Capability to order promise with Marginal order promising Capable to Promise (CTP) different service levels for capability different customers or customer segments Ability to quickly and profitably meet demand variations; proactively balancing transportation and production costs. Process Frequency No defined frequency for The planning strategy/parameters The planning strategy/parameters Number of times and frequency logistics and fulfillment planning are reviewed every 9-12 months. are reviewed every 9-12 months. at which a process is executed Processes are executed on a Execution is basis company Process gets executed as per the Number of iterations required semi-regular basis with arbitrary established patterns and is need. Process execution is a before process is complete frequency. usually isolated from demand unique function of demand and surges. Process execution supply variables and typically gets hampered in times encompasses most of variability of extreme demand surge/fall. at the customer/organization side through its design. Continuous reduction of costs and improved service by analyzing and adapting the fulfillment infrastructure to meet changes in market and geographic demand. Process Inputs Inputs include basic data needed Inputs include basic data needed Inputs include relevant and Data, intentions, objectives, for inventory planning. for effective planning as well as supporting data and all data materials, information, events, supporting data. necessary to understand outputs from other processes, etc. underlying needs Process Outputs Process outputs include basic Process outputs include Process outputs include Decisions, status, events, actions, instructions. collaborative decisions made and collaborative decisions as well as information, materials, finished guiding principles to follow. best practices in order to product, etc., resulting from the improve performance along process. measures aligned with the profitability of the organization. Process Automation Data is maintained and reported Data is maintained and sourced Data is maintained and sourced Level of automation or tools used using desktop based tools such from ERP applications and from ERP applications and to shape, enable or execute the as MS Excel and ad hoc MS reported using a mix of desktop reported using a web enabled process. Access applications. tools and ERP reporting tools. integrated planning workbench. Effective matching of supply and Effective matching of supply and Standardized (often centralized) demand through optimization of demand through optimization of processes and IT infrastructures inventory and assets across the inventory and assets across the enabling the use of real-time supply chain. supply chain. information to respond to any significant business changes. Process Integration No integrated planning Integrated planning seen as an Integrated planning embedded Level of integration the process capability in the organization. essential addition to business as into organizational operating has with other processes, Available to promise visibility is usual. processes to the extent that it is systems, tools or third parties limited to available finished On-line available to promise part of business as usual. goods inventory includes ability to view planned On-line capable to promise production receipts in addition to includes the ability to view finished goods inventory planned production receipts and Operation of multiple supply reallocate resources to meet chain channels based on demand customer service requirements and product characteristics. Capability Area - Demand Fulfillment Order and Service Management Process Participation No dedicated service personnel Dedicated service team Dedicated service team, closely Who participates in the process working with sales and supply execution/approval chain personnel Process Creation All customers treated the same Some customers receive higher All customers are systemically How the process gets executed An S&OP model is not in place levels of service but it is not tiered and specific criteria and Points that serve as for parts planning; planners/ handled systemically ability to reimburse are defined differentiators in process forecasters create the plan in an Parts master planning is enabled for each tier capability and sophistication organizational vacuum. with inputs from demand and S&OP supported by cross- across the scale No forecasting or planning of supply planning teams; some functional process teams using returned parts and activities is metrics in place. advanced tools and function- conducted. Demand planning team includes spanning metrics. repaired parts in its forecasting Planning system captures approaches; output is used in transaction data on returned replenishment planning. parts; factored into deployment and replenishment plans. Mitigate the risk inherent in assuming responsibility for a customer's equipment and keep service-related projects on track. Develop a highly flexible service delivery model to serve customers better. Excel at resource and asset utilization to use people, parts, facilities and partners effectively. Articulate a clear partner strategy to improve customer experience and use metrics to measure customer response continually Maximize return on service financially and in terms of customer service Process Frequency Ad-hoc, as and when customer Planned maintenance activities Service levels are clearly defined Number of times and frequency service requests are received. with key customers, but not for different customer tiers. at which a process is executed handled systematically Other ad-hoc service requests are Number of iterations required processed immediately. before process is complete Process Inputs Minimal insight into partner or Some employment of partner or Partner and customer treatments Data, intentions, objectives, customer needs customer insight to further driven by an evidence-based materials, information, events, Scope of parts inventory relationships understanding of needs outputs from other processes, etc. visibility is limited to central Scope of parts inventory Scope of inventory visibility stocking locations, or only a very visibility encompasses all includes all network nodes, limited view of the network. company-owned physical including dealer channel stocking locations in the inventories, field stores and network. technician stocks. Process Outputs Some service requests may Most service requests fulfilled, All service requests fulfilled on Decisions, status, events, actions, remain unfulfilled and on time time, with processes available information, materials, finished No receipt confirmation is Receipt confirmation using both for customer feedback on service product, etc., resulting from the available for outbound shipments automatic and manual methods levels process. to dealer and technician are available for dealer and Automated data capture tools locations. technician shipments. enable receipt confirmation and end-destination tracking of parts to all network locations. Process Automation No self-service facility for the Facility enables partners to view Full self-service facility enables Level of automation or tools used viewing and administration of and distribute warranty partners to view and administer to shape, enable or execute the warranties. information upon request warranty agreements process. None or very little decision Planners have access to planning Advanced planning system for support capabilities are in place toolkit, with analytic tools, data service operations has seamless to support parts planning. extraction tools and reporting integration with enterprise data Asset tracking of parts is not utilities. systems. enabled for the network; no Asset tracking of parts is enabled Asset tracking of parts is enabled visibility is available for part using a combination of manual at the serial code level for the disposition and lifecycle usage. (technician data entry) and full lifecycle of the part across automated methods. all network locations. Electronic interfaces/Integration with other operation systems to process claims and collect data for warranty analysis. (For example: order processing, service and repair system, accounting system, customer contact management system, diagnostic system, recall campaign management). Process Integration Transactional relationship Close relationship with key Enterprise and partners work as Level of integration the process between enterprise and partners partners and customers one team has with other processes, or customers Partner has access to warranty Partner plays an integral role in systems, tools or third parties Partner has no access to warranty process through marketing the warranty management process management system contacts Enterprise works to fully meet customer's needs and wants ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS Capability Area - Enterprise Operations Transactional Process Management for OtC, PtP, RtR, and HtR Process Participation Personnel are distributed across Transaction processing personnel Organization is aligned to fit the Who participates in the process business segments or sales are located in low cost locations process. execution/approval organizations. using flexible sourcing models Leveraging is maximized on Activities are fragmented across that include the use of shared shared services and/or businesses and/or geographies services or outsourcing. outsourcing with processes designed around functional/geographical roles. Process Creation Partially standardized processes Standardized and documented A single integrated set of How the process gets executed by business segment processes by business segment standardized and documented Points that serve as Substantial exception processing Limited exception processing is processes across all business differentiators in process takes place required segments capability and sophistication Deeply experienced personnel Process and customer specific Exception processing is rare across the scale are relied upon to provide knowledge is captured in a Process and customer specific process and customer specific repository shared by all relevant knowledge is embedded within knowledge personnel systems and workflow Limited process documentation management tools and rigor Formal process owners are in place Process Frequency This process is ongoing with This process is ongoing, with This process is ongoing, with Number of times and frequency many ad-hoc triggers in the stabilized workflows stabilized workflows at which a process is executed processing of financial It is supported by system alerts It is supported by system alerts Number of iterations required transactions (e.g. orders and Process efficiencies are before process is complete collections processes). measured on a regular basis and adjusted where opportunities for improvement are identified Process Inputs Process inputs include service Process inputs include service Process inputs include service Data, intentions, objectives, requests generated by the sales, requests generated by the sales, requests generated by the sales, materials, information, events, finance, procurement, supply finance, procurement, supply finance, procurement, supply outputs from other processes, etc. chain, HR functions or chain, HR functions or chain, HR functions or employees on an “as needed” employees often via pre- employees often via pre- basis. formatted self-service forms or formatted self-service forms or Iterations might be required for supporting self-service system supporting self-service system completeness or accuracy in the workflow capabilities. workflow capabilities. data required for process execution. Process Outputs Process outputs include fulfilled Fulfilled service requests in the Fulfilled service requests in the Data, intentions, objectives, service requests in the form of form of paid invoices, collected form of paid invoices, collected materials, information, events, paid invoices, collected receivables, recorded accounting receivables, recorded accounting outputs from other processes, etc. receivables, recorded accounting transactions and HR transactions and HR transactions and HR administration. administration. administration. Regular reporting on process Regular reporting on process performance is in place performance is in place Continuous improvement culture with mechanisms to regularly adapt transactional processes and improve performance is established Process Automation Multiple ERP (enterprise Single ERP (enterprise resource Single end-to-end ERP system Level of automation or tools used resource planning) and/or legacy planning) system, but with used worldwide. to shape, enable or execute the systems including standalone exceptions ERP generated visibility into process. PtP, OtC, RtR or HR systems, Some legacy systems are not yet transactional activities. with often geography based decommissioned. Heavy use of EDI (electronic instances resulting in limited Various “workarounds” (e.g. data data interchange), and/or global reporting capabilities. warehouse, spreadsheets) paperless technologies. Limited use of EDI (electronic required to get visibility at a data interchange) and/or other global level for who holistic or . paperless technology. comprehensive information. Process Integration Integration of data and solutions Some integration into strategy Comprehensive integration at all Level of integration the process is limited and usually involves and business process planning levels of organizational strategy has with other processes, batch or manual steps to Integrated solutions for major through end user activity. systems, tools or third parties integrate. processes, near real time data Solutions are architected for exchange for transaction integration to meet business processing. requirements. Capability Area - Enterprise Operations Master Data Management Process Participation Information technology This process involves CIO and This process involves senior Who participates in the process information technology, with business area leadership, CIO execution/approval business area participation. and information technology A steering committee provides team, and suppliers. overall guidance to all data A steering committee provides governance efforts. overall guidance to all data There is a single lead data governance efforts. governance person. There is a single lead data governance person. Data producers and users have dedicated and recognized roles. Cross-organizational data governance groups are increasingly established with distinct and clearly defined roles, responsibilities, accountability and authority Data owners and data stewards, both with data management activities are included in talent management Process Creation Enterprise data requirements are Enterprise data requirements are Enterprise data objectives and How the process gets executed defined defined responsibilities are clear Points that serve as IT is driven by leadership and IT is driven by leadership with Business is driven by leadership differentiators in process governance business area engagement and and governance capability and sophistication Data is periodically extracted governance Data synchronization tools are across the scale and loaded Some data synchronization leveraged internally and with Periodic cleansing, occurs with few trading partners trading partners synchronization and updates Data standards are defined Third party data is assessed occur Data quality is monitored. Data quality and standards are maintained Process Frequency This process has periodic This process has an ongoing Enterprise data management is Number of times and frequency refreshes of enterprise data, enterprise data management, built into business processes and at which a process is executed generally annually or semi with periodic refreshes. is managed daily for consistency, Number of iterations required annually. The frequency of refreshes quality and synchronization. before process is complete depends on data volatility and the number of trading partners with issues, etc. Frequency can be quarterly, monthly or weekly. Process Inputs Process inputs include Enterprise Process inputs include Enterprise Process inputs include business Data, intentions, objectives, data requirements, business data requirements, business strategy and objectives, IT materials, information, events, objectives, IT data architecture objectives, IT strategy, IT data strategy, IT data architecture, outputs from other processes, etc. and data quality assessment. architecture, trading partner trading partner readiness and readiness and capability and data capability and data quality quality assessment. assessment. Process Outputs Process outputs include common Process outputs include common Process outputs include common Data, intentions, objectives, enterprise data definitions and Enterprise data definitions, data Enterprise data definitions, materials, information, events, business rules for usage and ownership and business rules for consistent and synchronized outputs from other processes, etc. change. Enterprise data usage and data, data ownership, logical and change. physical data models, and business rules for enterprise data usage and change. Process Automation Extract, transform and load Extract, Transform and Load Extract Transform and Load Level of automation or tools used (ETL) tools to capture and (ETL) tools for Enterprise data (ETL) tools are used for to shape, enable or execute the manage Enterprise data and its management; some data enterprise data management process. quality interchange tools for trading Enterprise data business rules, partner synchronization. definitions repository, tool set, logical data modeling software, trading partner data, synchronization tools, and subscription to a data pool. Process Integration Integration includes enterprise Integration includes enterprise Enterprise data processes are Level of integration the process data integrated into IT systems data processes integrated into IT integrated with daily business has with other processes, and data management processes. systems and data management processes systems, tools or third parties processes, with business user Trading partner practices and contribution and participation. systems manage data Ownership in the systems of record Integration also includes enterprise data service level agreements between the business, IT and trading partners (where desired and enterprise data quality incentives and performance are built into leadership or group metrics). Capability Area - Enterprise Operations Corporate Operations Management - Operating Finance Process Participation This process involves an This process involves an Organization's financial group Who participates in the process organization's financial Organization's financial group, that operates as a team. execution/approval personnel organized as a organized as a function. Shared services are in place collection of jobs, not as a group providing support across the or function. business. Third party operators are in place for select financial transaction processing Process Creation Perform general accounting Perform general accounting Refine and adjust the corporate How the process gets executed operations, participate in group operations, participate in group financial strategy Points that serve as budgeting, manage capital and budgeting, manage capital, Establish a financial oriented differentiators in process coordinate with auditors and tax coordinate with auditors and tax culture and learning perform capability and sophistication preparers. preparers and establish enterprise accounting functions across the scale performance management Establish and conduct a practices. performance management strategy centered on value creation and ‘manage capital’ principles Develop tax strategy Process Frequency This process is ongoing; period- This process is ongoing; period- This process is ongoing; the Number of times and frequency by-period following the general by-period following the strategic and operational at which a process is executed accounting tax calendar. accounting calendar with financial calendar is followed Number of iterations required performance benchmarking for and continuous improvement before process is complete continuous improvement. practices are established. Process Inputs Process inputs include CG&S Process inputs include the CG&S Process inputs include the CG&S Data, intentions, objectives, organization's financial targets, organization's financial targets, organization's financial targets, materials, information, events, overall strategic objectives, and overall strategic objectives, sales overall strategic objectives, sales outputs from other processes, etc. investor and group feedback. and operations plans, major and operations plans, major program requirements and change program requirements, investor and group feedback. industry benchmarks, investor input and group feedback. Process Outputs Process outputs include auditable Process outputs include auditable Process outputs include auditable Data, intentions, objectives, financial practices. financial practices and a financial practices, a scorecard materials, information, events, scorecard measuring measuring performance outputs from other processes, etc. performance management in the management in the enterprise enterprise. and financially responsible and integrated culture. Process Automation Automation of basic financial Financial transaction processing Financial transaction processing Level of automation or tools used transaction processing systems systems, electronic data systems, web-based EDI to shape, enable or execute the and desktop spreadsheet tools interchange (EDI) and some (electronic data interchange) process. desktop analytic tools workflow tools, analytic tools and often a data warehouse are automated. Finance processes are fully built into corporate, cross functional ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems, interface with external parties and are used for automation in bank. Process Integration Process is integrated into annual Process is integrated into Financial processes are linked to Level of integration the process planning processes for setting financial planning processes, all business case development, has with other processes, financial targets. project planning and financial and project planning, systems, tools or third parties performance score carding. systems in the case of enterprise performance management and activity based costing. Finance is actively integrated into other business areas and processes. Capability Area - Enterprise Operations Corporate Operations Management - Operating HR Process Participation Human resources or the training C-level (CIO, CFO, CEO)/ This process involves c-level Who participates in the process groups are involved. executive team leadership, talent (CIO, CFO, CEO)/executive execution/approval management/human resources team leadership, talent and training personnel are management/human resources involved. group, training group, key external partners and cascading responsibility to all personnel with dedicated talent management pools embedded within each of the organization's groups. Process Creation Review, refine and adjust This process is characterized by Develop human capital strategy, How the process gets executed organizational framework and execution of a partial set of sub perform change and journey Points that serve as talent management strategy. processes within high-level management, perform talent differentiators in process Perform recruitment and processes of review: management, sourcing through capability and sophistication training; manage talent This process includes refining retirement, manage HR services across the scale management services and and adjusting organizational and operations and conduct operations. framework and talent performance measurement. management strategy, Succession management is performing talent management, planned and executed managing talent management Recognizing the importance of service and operations. talent and career development to optimize resource utilization. Process Frequency This process is ongoing, with This process is ongoing, with This process is ongoing, with Number of times and frequency annual review and refreshes. annual refreshes, and in-season short-term and long-term strategic at which a process is executed management. planning, quarterly refreshes, Number of iterations required and in-season management. before process is complete Process Inputs Process inputs include corporate Process inputs include corporate Process inputs include corporate Data, intentions, objectives, strategy, HR measurements, HR strategy, HR measurements, HR strategy, line of business materials, information, events, regulatory compliance rules, regulatory compliance rules, strategies, HR measurements, outputs from other processes, etc. labor/union agreements, labor/union agreements, HR regulatory compliance rules, employee feedback and financial employee feedback, financial labor/union agreements, budget. budget and major program or employee feedback, financial project plans. budget, major program or project plans, talent management best practices and client feedback Process Outputs Process outputs include a talent Process outputs include talent Process outputs include talent Data, intentions, objectives, management strategy, and a management strategy, optimized management strategy, optimized materials, information, events, refined organization. organization, talent management organization, change and journey outputs from other processes, etc. policies and procedures, talent management plan, talent management and HR and management policies and learning tools. procedures, HR and learning tools, outsourced HR operations organizations, and succession plan Process Automation This process has automated time This process has automated time Automated time and attendance, Level of automation or tools used and attendance, direct deposit of and attendance and direct deposit direct deposit of checks, online to shape, enable or execute the of payroll. payroll, online self-service for self-service for HR information process. HR information and benefits and benefits administration, administration and online online training, automated recruitment. performance review tools and employee performance scorecard and online recruitment Process Integration Process is integrated with Process is integrated with Process is integrated with Level of integration the process corporate strategy processes. corporate strategy processes and corporate strategy processes, IT has with other processes, IT processes. processes and major program systems, tools or third parties management processes. Capability Area - Enterprise Operations Corporate Operations Management - Stakeholder Management Process Participation This process involves a public This process involves a public This process involves a public Who participates in the process spokesperson, c-level (CIO, spokesperson, legal or affairs/corporate execution/approval CFO, CEO)/executive team or communications group and communications group, c-level legal representatives. c-level (CIO, CFO, CEO)/ (CIO, CFO, CEO)/executive executive team for escalation or team or legal for escalation, investor communications. c-level (CIO, CFO, CEO)/ executive team for investor communications, charitable foundation leaders, and the board of directors Process Creation Identify necessary vs. optional Develop a stakeholder Develop and maintain a How the process gets executed points of public interaction. management assessment, stakeholder management strategy Points that serve as Prioritize and balance proactive approach and set of guidelines that is comprehensive and deals differentiators in process and reactive participation and that is communicated to the with all constituencies. capability and sophistication communication. organization. Align the stakeholder across the scale Establish a stakeholder management interactions, management governance model participation and investment that is managed and executed with the overall corporate consistently with appropriate strategy components. ownership and responsibility. Process Frequency This process is managed on an This process is ongoing, with This process is ongoing, with Number of times and frequency ongoing basis by the annual evaluation of stakeholder annual refreshes to strategy, at which a process is executed stakeholders. management performance and evaluation of stakeholder Number of iterations required investments. management performance and before process is complete investments in future opportunities. Process Inputs Process inputs include investor Process inputs include investor Process inputs include investor Data, intentions, objectives, calendar, governmental activity, calendar, governmental activity, calendar, governmental activity, materials, information, events, banking obligations, industry banking obligations, industry banking obligations, forecast for outputs from other processes, etc. opportunities, community opportunities, community future services, community/ sponsorships and funding sponsorships or opportunities, public/customer feedback, availability. funding availability, corporate industry change or trends, strategy and customer feedback. overall corporate strategy and investment profile. Process Outputs Process outputs include Process outputs include Process outputs include a Data, intentions, objectives, stakeholder communications and stakeholder communication, stakeholder communications materials, information, events, select participation. documented policies and strategy, plan investment profile outputs from other processes, etc. procedures and a governance communication, participation model. calendar, executed activities, and documented policies and procedures. Process Automation This process has automated This process has automated This process has automated Level of automation or tools used communication tools. communication and feedback communication tools, feedback to shape, enable or execute the tools. tools and third party information process. sources. Process Integration This process is integrated with This process is integrated with This process is integrated with Level of integration the process budgeting and legal processes. strategy development processes, strategy development processes, has with other processes, budgeting and legal processes. operations, budgeting, legal and systems, tools or third parties talent management processes. Capability Area - Enterprise Operations Facilities and Real Estate Management Process Participation CEO and CFO approval with The CEO and CFO participate in There is c-level (CIO, CFO, Who participates in the process real estate/construction, IT and strategy and issue escalation. CEO)/executive team participation execution/approval legal are involved. Real estate, construction, in strategy and issue escalation. maintenance, IT, legal and Real estate, construction, supply chain teams are involved. maintenance, IT, legal and supply chain teams are involved. Process Creation This process includes Site selection strategy with target Specific site selection strategy is How the process gets executed opportunistic site selection calendar is involved for followed with guidelines, Points that serve as approval and development. warehouses and production calendars, and checkpoints; real differentiators in process facilities based on anticipated estate is viewed as a value driver capability and sophistication growth. and strategic advantage that is across the scale proactively managed. Process Frequency This process occurs when it is This process is ongoing; a target This process is ongoing Number of times and frequency necessary. calendar for geographic Real estate calendar is used for at which a process is executed penetration, location, and new acquisition and divesture, Number of iterations required development or refurbishment is New development and before process is complete followed. refurbishment is followed and refined with monthly reviews and based on market and business conditions. Process Inputs Process inputs include growth Process inputs include growth Process inputs include growth Data, intentions, objectives, objectives, construction objectives, construction objectives, construction materials, information, events, guidelines and budget. guidelines, budget, retailer needs guidelines, budget, market outputs from other processes, etc. and market and business trends, retailer feedback, pending conditions. real estate options, legislation changes and interest rate changes. Process Outputs Process outputs include selected Process outputs include real Process outputs include Data, intentions, objectives, sites, real estate agreements and estate strategy, new development comprehensive real estate materials, information, events, real estate calendar. and refurbishment guidelines, strategy, selected sites for short outputs from other processes, etc. selected sites and real estate and long term development or calendar. competitive position, real estate calendar and categorized construction guidelines. Process Automation Desktop software for Desktop software for Desktop software for Level of automation or tools used communication, research and construction planning and construction planning and to shape, enable or execute the analysis is automated. programs for architectural programs for architectural process. drawings and specifications are drawings and specifications are automated. automated. Process Integration Integrated into corporate Integrated into corporate Integrated into corporate and Level of integration the process strategic planning strategic planning, and retailer strategic planning, sales has with other processes, merchandise and inventory and operations planning and systems, tools or third parties planning processes merchandise and inventory planning systems Process Participation CEO and CFO approval CEO, CFO and participation in C-level (CIO, CFO, CEO)/ Who participates in the process Real estate, construction, IT and strategy and issue escalation executive team participation in execution/approval legal are involved Real estate, construction, strategy and issue escalation maintenance, IT, legal and Real estate, construction, supply chain team are involved maintenance, IT, legal, finance and supply chain teams are involved Process Creation This process includes Site selection strategy with target C-level (CIO, CFO, CEO)/ How the process gets executed opportunistic site selection calendar is involved for executive team participation in Points that serve as approval and development. warehouses and production strategy and issue escalation differentiators in process facilities based on anticipated Real estate, construction, capability and sophistication growth maintenance, IT, legal, finance across the scale and supply chain teams are involved Specific site selection strategy is followed with guidelines, calendars, and checkpoints Real estate is viewed as a value driver and strategic advantage that is proactively managed. Process Frequency This process occurs as-needed This process is ongoing This process is ongoing Number of times and frequency A target calendar for geographic Real estate calendar for at which a process is executed penetration, location, and new acquisition and divesture is Number of iterations required development or refurbishment is followed before process is complete followed. New development and refurbishment with monthly reviews is followed and refined based on market and business conditions. Process Inputs Process inputs include growth Process inputs include growth Process inputs include growth Data, intentions, objectives, objectives, construction objectives, construction objectives, construction materials, information, events, guidelines and budget. guidelines, budget, retailer guidelines, budget, market outputs from other processes, etc. needs, and market and business trends, retailer feedback, pending conditions. real estate options, legislation changes and interest rate changes. Process Outputs Process outputs include selected Process outputs include real Process outputs include Data, intentions, objectives, sites, real estate agreements and estate strategy, new development comprehensive real estate materials, information, events, real estate calendar. and refurbishment guidelines, strategy, selected sites for short outputs from other processes, etc. selected sites and real estate and long term development or calendar. competitive position, real estate calendar and categorized construction guidelines. Process Automation Desktop software for Desktop software for Desktop software for Level of automation or tools used communication, research and construction planning and construction planning and to shape, enable or execute the analysis are automated. programs for architectural programs for architectural process. drawings and specifications are drawings and specifications are automated. automated. Process Integration Integrated into corporate Integrated into corporate Integrated into corporate and Level of integration the process strategic planning strategic planning, and retailer strategic planning, sales has with other processes, merchandise and inventory and operations planning and systems, tools or third parties planning processes merchandise and inventory planning systems Capability Area - Enterprise Operations Information Systems and Technology Management Process Participation Information technology (IT) Information technology group Information technology with Who participates in the process group is involved with business user participation regular c-level (CIO, CFO, CEO)/ execution/approval is involved. executive team, senior business leadership and business user participation are involved in business process outsourcing of information technology. Process Creation Develop or acquire IT solutions, Develop basic IT strategy, Develop comprehensive IT How the process gets executed manage IT assets, data and develop or acquire IT solutions, strategy aligned with business Points that serve as resources, manage solution manage IT assets, data and strategy, develop or acquire IT differentiators in process provider services, contracts and resources, manage solution solutions, manage IT assets, data; capability and sophistication licenses and operate and support provider services, contracts and and resources, manage solution across the scale IT solutions and end users licenses and operate and support provider services, contracts and IT solutions and end users licenses, operate and support IT solutions and end users and outsource or share select or all IT processes. Process Frequency This process is ongoing, but This process is ongoing with a This process is ongoing with a Number of times and frequency limited to new development with balance on new development and focus on innovation and new at which a process is executed primary focus on operations and maintenance support. development. Number of iterations required support. Operations and maintenance may before process is complete be outsourced or may constitute a small percentage of IT activity. Process Inputs Process inputs include IT Process inputs include corporate Process inputs include corporate Data, intentions, objectives, historical performance and strategy, business priorities, end strategy, business priorities, materials, information, events, budget, business objectives and user feedback, competitor trading partner and end user outputs from other processes, etc. end user feedback. activity, IT performance feedback, competitor activity, measures and service level industry and out of industry agreements. benchmarks, IT performance measures and service level agreements. Process Outputs Process outputs include IT Process outputs include IT Process outputs include IT Data, intentions, objectives, solutions and IT support. strategy, IT solutions and IT strategy, IT architecture, IT materials, information, events, support. innovation, IT solutions and IT outputs from other processes, etc. support. Process Automation Basic solutions, minimal tools Industry common practice Comprehensive, integrated Level of automation or tools used and limited architecture are solutions, some integrated architecture and solution set and to shape, enable or execute the automated. architecture components and a significant use of tools are process. select tools are automated. automated. Process Integration There is limited integration of There is some integration into Comprehensive integration Level of integration the process data and solutions strategy and business process occurs at all levels of the has with other processes, Usually involves integrating in planning organization. systems, tools or third parties batches or using manual steps INSIGHT AND DECISION MAKING Capability Area - Insight and Decision Making Insights and Analytics Process Participation Commercial director, product Commercial director, marketing Commercial director, marketing Who participates in the process manager, and CFO manager, product manager and manager, product manager and execution/approval CFO are facilitated by a CFO are facilitated by a commercial intelligence manager. commercial intelligence manager. Assistance from outside companies is utilized (commercial research firms: quantitative and qualitative market research). Process Creation Process evolves from proto- Some information is assessed Information is assessed and How the process gets executed intelligence functions and is not and shared among the diffeient conclusions are developed based Points that serve as well documented. areas with loosely defined on identified opportunities. differentiators in process The formatted inputs are not standards. The process produces a capability and sophistication standardized. Commercial information begins sophisticated measurement and across the scale There are limited inputs to to come from stored queries in analysis. assess the market. the system, as an initial stage of All users are aware of the Data is usually pulled out of BI implementation. rigorous standards to reach the internally available data and to capture the documentation or generated information which is in place. information. Process Frequency Executed monthly and mixed Executed monthly in a separated Process frequency is bi-weekly Number of times and frequency with sales and marketing session, with bi-weekly updates with weekly updates at which a process is executed meetings (when necessary) Processes are revised and Number of iterations required Processes are generally left Processes revised every 6-9 amended quarterly before process is complete unrevised months and communicated to users and stakeholders in advance Process Inputs Process inputs include various Process input include various Process inputs include data from Data, intentions, objectives, sources: external (market sources: external (market various sources and are fully materials, information, events, research information), internal research information), internal integrated into company outputs from other processes, etc. (category/brand, (category/brand, information system (BI/ERP). consumer/shopper/channel/ consumer/shopper/channel/ customer, competitor) and customer, competitor) and financial (company financial financial (company financial and and performance results). performance results). Some rigor and attention for external data is emphasized (for example, competitor information). Process Outputs Process outputs include lists and Process outputs include Process outputs include online Decisions, status, events, actions, data compilations, not categorized reports, focused on reports (customizable) for the information, materials, finished necessarily an insight or competition penetration (new team members. product, etc., resulting from the recommendation. points of sale, new products and Recommendations to serve new process. promotions). customers/clients/channels, It has episodically insights and product lines and category white actionable items. space identification. Process Automation Electronic spreadsheets with Data resides in company's Data is integrated into BI/ERP. Level of automation or tools used data pulled out of information information system to shape, enable or execute the system via stored queries Data is retrieved and analyzed process. from pre-programmed reports Process Integration Data silos, with limited Data is partially available and Fully integrated into enterprise's Level of integration the process interaction among areas are not integrated into BI/ERP systems. BI/ERP systems has with other processes, well represented, (for example, Well represented, selected Data/information analysis systems, tools or third parties individuals are not fully individuals are empowered to holistic in nature and involves a empowered to approve approve recommended actions. high degree of participation recommended actions.) from the key areas Capability Area - Insight and Decision Making Performance Measurement Process Participation CFO facilitates the process with C-level (CIO, CFO, CEO)/ C-level (CIO, CFO, CEO)/ Who participates in the process participation of second/third executive team leads meetings executive team leads meetings execution/approval levels below c-suite (chief with key members, using the with key members, using the management). same agenda, and deepening the same agenda, and deepening Participants are not totally understanding of specific items. understanding of specific items empowered to carry on decisions These members have the power These members have the power made during discussions and to implement some of the to implement approved behave more like messengers. approved recommendations, recommendations. needing punctual intervention from leadership. Process Creation Process creation and revision The process is constantly being The process is constantly being How the process gets executed consists of marginal revised and aims to integrate revised and integrates all needed Points that serve as improvements on current other data analyzing capabilities data into it. differentiators in process processes. into it. Few integration points are capability and sophistication Most of the effort is to needed. across the scale synchronize and standardize data, Little data synchronization is concepts, procedures and needed. exceptions. Process Frequency Some cycles such as planning Planning and budgeting may Planning and budgeting is fully Number of times and frequency and budgeting are set in the occur 2-4 months before the end integrated into day-to-day at which a process is executed calendar 3-5 months in advance of the FY (fiscal year). operations. Number of iterations required of the company's fiscal year. Changes in importance are Process cuts occur on a monthly before process is complete Other processes, such as KPI's captured by using the last basis and forecasts are, by nature, available data. monthly. There are some process that occur in between, such as price transfers. Process Inputs The nature of this capability is to Semi-standardized data needs Standardized data and clear KPI Data, intentions, objectives, gather and study numbers. few interventions and basic KPI definitions are used for each materials, information, events, Inputs are data categories that definitions are used for each input. outputs from other processes, etc. range from financial, to input. commercial, to sales and Results of some data cleaning marketing, to supply chain and and measurement are subject to competitors. auditing. Data is not always understood or standardized. Process Outputs Process outputs are included in Process outputs include Process outputs include Decisions, status, events, actions, several reports on company complete and accurate reports complete and accurate reports, information, materials, finished performance which still need to be standardized or with ability to product, etc., resulting from the Reports are fixed in format and standardized or which have a generate user-created queries process. incomplete due to lack of limited ability to generate user- thorough design created queries Incompetent systems limit completeness and accuracy Process Automation Very little automation exists Process is better integrated with Process is fully integrated with Level of automation or tools used except for data pulled out of the enterprise planning systems enterprise planning systems to shape, enable or execute the system with the aid of stored process. queries Process Integration Processes are integrated link by Integration occurs at participant Integration occurs at group and Level of integration the process link. level, which standardizes data area level, which standardizes has with other processes, There is no demonstration of capture and the timing of data capture and the timing of systems, tools or third parties architecture. capture. capture. 

1. A method for high performance capability assessment of a consumer goods and services business, comprising: providing a processor operatively coupled to a communication network; providing one more databases operatively coupled to the processor and accessible through the communication network; coupling an interface to the processor for receiving input; the processor establishing a machine-readable memory in said one or more databases, including a multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set comprising multiple key assessment performance reference tables, at least one key assessment performance reference table defining a demand generation platform including: a ‘Basic’ performance level specifying ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Competitive’ performance level specifying ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Market Leading’ performance level specifying ‘Market leading’ performance assessment criteria; establishing an integrated marketing strategy assessment criteria so that: 1) the ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that participants include the marketing group; 2) the ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that participants include the marketing group which have formal interaction with customers, supply chain, procurement and sales groups; and 3) the ‘Market Leading’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that sales, operations and supply chain functions of the company are totally integrated into the marketing plan definition processes; receiving an input specifying a consumer goods and services industry area and a consumer goods and services industry key assessment area with the consumer goods and services industry area for analysis; searching the multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set for a matching key assessment performance reference table that matches the consumer goods and services industry area and the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area; retrieving the matching key assessment performance reference table; initiating analysis of the matching key assessment performance reference table; and obtaining a resultant performance level for the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area.
 2. A method for high performance capability assessment of a consumer goods and services business, comprising: providing a processor operatively coupled to a communication network; providing one more databases operatively coupled to the processor and accessible through the communication network; coupling an interface to the processor for receiving input; the processor establishing a machine-readable memory in said one or more databases, including a multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set comprising multiple key assessment performance reference tables, at least one key assessment performance reference table defining a demand generation platform including: a ‘Basic’ performance level specifying ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Competitive’ performance level specifying ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Market Leading’ performance level specifying ‘Market leading’ performance assessment criteria; establishing a trade marketing operations and execution assessment criteria so that; 1) the ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that main participation is from the local or regional sales group, with finance involvement where needed; 2) the ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that global and local sales groups are supported by merchandising and marketing teams; 3) the ‘Market Leading’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that global and local sales groups are supported by the merchandising and marketing teams; receiving an input specifying a consumer goods and services industry area and a consumer goods and services industry key assessment area with the consumer goods and services industry area for analysis; searching the multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set for a matching key assessment performance reference table that matches the consumer goods and services industry area and the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area; retrieving the matching key assessment performance reference table; initiating analysis of the matching key assessment performance reference table; and obtaining a resultant performance level for the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area.
 3. A method for high performance capability assessment of a consumer goods and services business, comprising: providing a processor operatively coupled to a communication network; providing one more databases operatively coupled to the processor and accessible through the communication network; coupling an interface to the processor for receiving input; the processor establishing a machine-readable memory in said one or more databases, including a multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set comprising multiple key assessment performance reference tables, at least one key assessment performance reference table defining a demand generation platform including: a ‘Basic’ performance level specifying ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Competitive’ performance level specifying ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Market Leading’ performance level specifying ‘Market leading’ performance assessment criteria; establishing a sales operations and execution assessment criteria so that: 1) the ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that Participants are sales and merchandising groups; 2) the ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that Participants are sales and merchandising groups, supported by key account management; 3) the ‘Market Leading’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that Participants are sales and merchandising groups, driven by category and brand managers and supported by key account management; and receiving an input specifying a consumer goods and services industry area and a consumer goods and services industry key assessment area with the consumer goods and services industry area for analysis; searching the multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set for a matching key assessment performance reference table that matches the consumer goods and services industry area and the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area; retrieving the matching key assessment performance reference table; initiating analysis of the matching key assessment performance reference table; and obtaining a resultant performance level for the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area.
 4. The method of claim 1, further including establishing a category, brand, and consumer strategy assessment criteria.
 5. The method of claim 1, further including establishing a channel, customer, and shopper strategy assessment criteria.
 6. The method of claim 1, further including establishing a consumer marketing operations and execution assessment criteria.
 7. A non-transitory computer readable memory or data storage means encoded with data representing a computer program for a high performance capability assessment of a consumer goods and services business, the computer readable memory or data storage means causing the computer to perform the acts of: providing a processor operatively coupled to a communication network; providing one more databases operatively coupled to the processor and accessible through the communication network; coupling an interface to the processor for receiving input; establishing a machine-readable memory in said one or more databases, including a multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set comprising multiple key assessment performance reference tables, at least one key assessment performance reference table defining a demand generation platform including: a ‘Basic’ performance level specifying ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Competitive’ performance level specifying ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Market Leading’ performance level specifying ‘Market leading’ performance assessment criteria; establishing an integrated marketing strategy assessment criteria so that: 1) the ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that Participants include the marketing group; 2) the ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that Participants include the marketing group which have formal interaction with customers, supply chain, procurement and sales groups; and 3) the ‘Market Leading’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that sales, operations and supply chain functions of the company are totally integrated into the marketing plan definition processes; receiving an input specifying a consumer goods and services industry area and a consumer goods and services industry key assessment area with the consumer goods and services industry area for analysis; searching the multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set for a matching key assessment performance reference table that matches the consumer goods and services industry area and the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area; retrieving the matching key assessment performance reference table; initiating analysis of the matching key assessment performance reference table; and obtaining a resultant performance level for the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area.
 8. A non-transitory computer readable memory or data storage means encoded with data representing a computer program for a high performance capability assessment of a consumer goods and services business, the computer readable memory or data storage means causing the computer to perform the acts of: providing a processor operatively coupled to a communication network; providing one more databases operatively coupled to the processor and accessible through the communication network; coupling an interface to the processor for receiving input; establishing a machine-readable memory in said one or more databases, including a multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set comprising multiple key assessment performance reference tables, at least one key assessment performance reference table defining a demand generation platform including: a ‘Basic’ performance level specifying ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Competitive’ performance level specifying ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Market Leading’ performance level specifying ‘Market leading’ performance assessment criteria; establishing a trade marketing operations and execution assessment criteria so that: 1) the ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that Main participation is from the local or regional sales group, with finance involvement where needed; 2) the ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that global and local sales groups are supported by merchandising and marketing teams; 3) wherein the ‘Market Leading’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that global and local sales groups are supported by the merchandising and marketing teams; receiving an input specifying a consumer goods and services industry area and a consumer goods and services industry key assessment area with the consumer goods and services industry area for analysis; searching the multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set for a matching key assessment performance reference table that matches the consumer goods and services industry area and the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area; retrieving the matching key assessment performance reference table; initiating analysis of the matching key assessment performance reference table; and obtaining a resultant performance level for the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area.
 9. A non-transitory computer readable memory or data storage means encoded with data representing a computer program for a high performance capability assessment of a consumer goods and services business, the computer readable memory or data storage means causing the computer to perform the acts of: providing a processor operatively coupled to a communication network; providing one more databases operatively coupled to the processor and accessible through the communication network; coupling an interface to the processor for receiving input; establishing a machine-readable memory in said one or more databases, including a multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set comprising multiple key assessment performance reference tables, at least one key assessment performance reference table defining a demand generation platform including: a ‘Basic’ performance level specifying ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Competitive’ performance level specifying ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Market Leading’ performance level specifying ‘Market leading’ performance assessment criteria; establishing a sales operations and execution assessment criteria so that: 1) the ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that Participants are sales and merchandising groups; 2) the ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria includes: a first criteria for Process Participation such that Participants are sales and merchandising groups, supported by key account management; 3) the ‘Market Leading’ performance assessment criteria include a first criteria for Process Participation such that Participants are sales and merchandising groups, driven by category and brand managers and supported by key account management; and receiving an input specifying a consumer goods and services industry area and a consumer goods and services industry key assessment area with the consumer goods and services industry area for analysis; searching the multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set for a matching key assessment performance reference table that matches the consumer goods and services industry area and the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area; retrieving the matching key assessment performance reference table; initiating analysis of the matching key assessment performance reference table; and obtaining a resultant performance level for the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area.
 10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 further comprising computer-readable content to cause a computer to perform acts of establishing a category, brand, and consumer strategy assessment criteria.
 11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 further comprising computer-readable content to cause a computer to perform acts of establishing a channel, customer, and shopper strategy assessment criteria.
 12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 further comprising computer-readable content to cause a computer to perform acts of establishing a consumer marketing operations and execution assessment criteria.
 13. A system for high performance capability assessment of a consumer goods and services business, comprising: a processor operatively coupled to a communication network; an interface coupled to the processor configured to receive input; one more databases operatively coupled to the processor and accessible through the communication network; a machine-readable memory operatively located in said one or more databases, said memory including a multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set comprising multiple key assessment performance reference tables, at least one key assessment performance reference table defining a demand generation platform including: a ‘Basic’ performance level specifying ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Competitive’ performance level specifying ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Market Leading’ performance level specifying ‘Market leading’ performance assessment criteria; the processor establishes an integrated marketing strategy assessment criteria so that: 1) the ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that Participants include the marketing group; 2) the ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that Participants include the marketing group which have formal interaction with customers, supply chain, procurement and sales groups; 3) the ‘Market Leading’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that sales, operations and supply chain functions of the company are totally integrated into the marketing plan definition processes; the interface receiving an input specifying a consumer goods and services industry area and a consumer goods and services industry key assessment area with the consumer goods and services industry area for analysis; wherein the processor searches the multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set for a matching key assessment performance reference table that matches the consumer goods and services industry area and the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area, and retrieves the matching key assessment performance reference table; and wherein the processor performs analysis of the matching key assessment performance reference table; and obtains a resultant performance level for the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area.
 14. A system for high performance capability assessment of a consumer goods and services business, comprising: a processor operatively coupled to a communication network; an interface coupled to the processor configured to receive input; one more databases operatively coupled to the processor and accessible through the communication network; a machine-readable memory operatively located in said one or more databases, said memory including a multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set comprising multiple key assessment performance reference tables, at least one key assessment performance reference table defining a demand generation platform including: a ‘Basic’ performance level specifying ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Competitive’ performance level specifying ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Market Leading’ performance level specifying ‘Market leading’ performance assessment criteria; the processor establishing a trade marketing operations and execution assessment criteria such that: 1) the ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that Main participation is from local or regional sales group, with finance involvement where needed; 2) the ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that global and local sales groups are supported by merchandising and marketing teams; 3) the ‘Market Leading’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that global and local sales groups are supported by the merchandising and marketing teams; the interface receiving an input specifying a consumer goods and services industry area and a consumer goods and services industry key assessment area with the consumer goods and services industry area for analysis; wherein the processor searches the multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set for a matching key assessment performance reference table that matches the consumer goods and services industry area and the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area, and retrieves the matching key assessment performance reference table; and wherein the processor performs analysis of the matching key assessment performance reference table; and obtains a resultant performance level for the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area.
 15. A system for high performance capability assessment of a consumer goods and services business, comprising: a processor operatively coupled to a communication network; an interface coupled to the processor configured to receive input; one more databases operatively coupled to the processor and accessible through the communication network; a machine-readable memory operatively located in said one or more databases, said memory including a multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set comprising multiple key assessment performance reference tables, at least one key assessment performance reference table defining a demand generation platform including: a ‘Basic’ performance level specifying ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Competitive’ performance level specifying ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria; a ‘Market Leading’ performance level specifying ‘Market leading’ performance assessment criteria; the processor establishing a sales operations and execution assessment criteria so that: 1) the ‘Basic’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that Participants are sales and merchandising groups; 2) the ‘Competitive’ performance assessment criteria includes a first criteria for Process Participation such that Participants are sales and merchandising groups, supported by key account management; 3) the ‘Market Leading’ performance assessment criteria includes: a first criteria for Process Participation such that Participants are sales and merchandising groups, driven by category and brand managers and supported by key account management; and the interface receiving an input specifying a consumer goods and services industry area and a consumer goods and services industry key assessment area with the consumer goods and services industry area for analysis; wherein the processor searches the multidimensional consumer goods and services industry performance reference set for a matching key assessment performance reference table that matches the consumer goods and services industry area and the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area, and retrieves the matching key assessment performance reference table; and wherein the processor performs analysis of the matching key assessment performance reference table; and obtains a resultant performance level for the consumer goods and services industry key assessment area.
 16. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor establishes a category, brand, and consumer strategy assessment criteria.
 17. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor establishes a channel, customer, and shopper strategy assessment criteria.
 18. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor establishes a consumer marketing operations and execution assessment criteria. 